The distinction is kind of pedantic. It’s “superuser binaries” (sbin) and “binaries” (bin). Since both are usually on your executable path (see $PATH) anyway, the distinction is kinda/sorta moot these days. If you need root (or run sudo) to make a binary do anything useful, it’s probably sitting in /sbin. I know not of what brought about that original distinction, or what actual utility it serves/served.
The distinction is kind of pedantic. It’s “superuser binaries” (sbin) and “binaries” (bin). Since both are usually on your executable path (see
$PATH) anyway, the distinction is kinda/sorta moot these days. If you need root (or run sudo) to make a binary do anything useful, it’s probably sitting in /sbin. I know not of what brought about that original distinction, or what actual utility it serves/served.