Is it safe to create symlink to /bin/sh from /usr/bin/sh?

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Issue

  • At the beginning of a shell script there is this interpreter directive:

    #!/usr/bin/sh
    
  • Would there be any consequences, potential conflicts or unforeseen side effects if the below symlink was created?

    # ln -s /bin/sh /usr/bin/sh
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and below.

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