John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> See my other reponse to this thread.  ~/bin at the front of $PATH is a
> security risk.

No it's not.

It an attacker is able to install stuff in ~/bin, they can (and almost
certainly would) also modify your .profile (etc) to change PATH
themselves.

-Miles

-- 
"Most attacks seem to take place at night, during a rainstorm, uphill,
 where four map sheets join."   -- Anon. British Officer in WW I


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