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 ```
 sed -i s,/usr/bin/env ,/usr/bin/, foo.service
 ```
+
+## Placement of applications in /sbin or /usr/sbin
+
+### Identification
+OpenBMC applications that are installed in /usr/sbin.  $sbindir in bitbake
+metadata, makefiles or configure scripts.
+
+### Description
+Installing OpenBMC applications in /usr/sbin violates the [principle of least
+astonishment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment) and
+more importantly violates the
+[FHS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard).
+
+### Background
+The sbin anti-pattern exists because the FHS was misinterpreted at an early point
+in OpenBMC project history, and has proliferated ever since.
+
+From the hier(7) man page:
+
+```
+/usr/bin This is the primary directory for executable programs.  Most programs
+executed by normal users which are not needed for booting or for repairing the
+system and which are not installed locally should be placed in this directory.
+
+/usr/sbin This directory contains program binaries for system administration
+which are not essential for the boot process, for mounting /usr, or for system
+repair.
+```
+The FHS description for /usr/sbin refers to "system administration" but the
+de-facto interpretation of the system being administered refers to the OS
+installation and not a system in the OpenBMC sense of managed system.  As such
+OpenBMC applications should be installed in /usr/bin.
+
+### Resolution
+Install OpenBMC applications in /usr/bin/.