On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:48:04 +0200, Michelle Sullivan stated: >Carmel NY wrote: >> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:36:44 +0100, Matt Smith stated: >> >> >>> The other alternatives are as you say, put /usr/local/bin before >>> /usr/bin in the $PATH. Or add an alias for commands like ssh to point to >>> the ports version. These methods aren't quite as clean though. >>> >> >> Swapping the PATH can, in a few instances, really mess up attempting to >> build a port. I finally gave up and used the "alias" idea for openssl. It >> appears to work Okay. >> >> >From a security aspect... > >Do all your users alias? (assumption: its more than just you on the system) >Do you check the alias is set everytime you login to a session? >If you change to another shell for any reason is the alias persistent? >(eg as root (defaults to csh) some times I have to do: sh -c 'for a in x >y z ; do ( cd ${a} && rsync -e ssh remote.server:/path ) ; done' ) - and >do other users know that this would be wrong? > >See the point I mean? > >For the security conscious one would know to use the full path of ssh, >most do not do this... a large percentage have no idea that they would >even need to let alone remember. > >Regards, > >Michelle > >PS: There is a workaround for ssh clients in /etc/ssh/ssh_config to stop >it falling back to "insecure" protocols - though every freebsd-update >attempts to change this file back to the default... fortunately I have >puppet to reset the file in the event of me missing the update/reset.
alias openssl='/usr/local/bin/openssl' I use bash as my shell. I have this set in the ~/.bashrc file: if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then . ~/.bash_aliases else ## fi the ~/.bashrc file contains all of my predefined aliases. $ openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.2c 12 Jun 2015 # openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.2c 12 Jun 2015 $ sudo openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.1l-freebsd 15 Jan 2015 I probably should find a way to fix the "sudo" command; however, since I rarely use it, I don't know if I will bother. For all practical purposes, I am the only user of the system. -- Carmel _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"