On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote: > Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > If some user is capable of putting a fake `ls' in a random directory where > > you might trip on it, that user is far more likely to put it in your ~/bin > > directory! (Same privileges are required) > > > > Just a thought. > > Just make the . directory the _last_ part of your path, that way it will > search /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin and > all the rest of your path first.
As pointed out before, this does not catch misspellings of common commands, such as 'sl'. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've got places to go... People to annoy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out!