scripsit John Smith: > <Asbestos> Two other os-es that I'm thoroughly familiar with, Netware > and Windows, insert for this exact reason the system paths before the > local paths. </Asbestos>
One good reason why that behaviour is evil is that I may want to install custom versions of utils without messing with /bin or /usr/bin. That's what /usr/local is for, after all. BTW, if someone has compromised your system to the extent of being able to put a trojaned passwd in /usr/local/bin, he can put it in /usr/bin, too. -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
