On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:55:40PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > I'm using bash. "echo $PATH" reports: > > ~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games >
Putting ~/bin first in your $PATH is a security risk. Consider that if your user account got hacked into, somebody could place a modified top, ls, less executable in your ~/bin directory. These executables could be modified to perform tasks extraneous to what the legitimate executables do, like mailing your personal files to the cracker. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
