2009/1/13 Steve Kemp <s...@debian.org>: > On Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 21:08:02 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> Why is that dangerous? Because if your account is compromised then >> critical system programs (ls, cd, and the like) can be easily replaced >> with compromised versions. Putting your own bin at the end of the path >> is meant to thwart this. > > If your account is compromised then why do you imagine your > settings will be untouched? >
Exactly, this is the fallacy. > People typically put their ~/bin directory first, precisely > so that they can override system-wide commands. > Exactly. > As for why it didn't work - the OP seemed to have said: > > PATH = ... > > (ie. Spaces around the equals sign. This will not work.) > I gave him an example of a valid .bash_profile file. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
