In <p0521030dba661110f16b@[165.227.249.18]>, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> Is it safe to change the default path to:
>
>
>PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/you/bin
That depends on who you let write on /usr/local. If it's the same set
of people as those who can write in /usr or /, then there's no change
in security. If you haev /usr/local/bin as a place where local users
can dump things they want to share, then it's a bad idea.
> Is there a generic way to make things in /usr/local/bin take
> precedence over things in /usr/bin?
You set your PATH so that /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin.
<mike
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