Dotan Cohen wrote: > 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.
Could you not just give your versions of the apps you want to run different names? Would that not be safer? What I've done in the past is to add _mine to end of the names, ie. 'todisc_mine'. > > 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. -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
