I don't understand your point --- START: Shell output ---
puffy:nard {109} alias foo 'echo bar' puffy:nard {110} foo bar puffy:nard {111} su - Password: Terminal type? [screen] puffy# foo foo: Command not found. --- END: Shell output --- If a person gets access to manipulate shell startup scripts then your likely messed up anyway. On 25/05/05, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just a question that has been in my mind for several years, as for > aliases isn't that a bit risky to allow to do something like: > alias /usr/bin/su='echo "damn."' > > as PATH and other enviroment values are strictly parsed and stuff > shouldn't there be something for this too or do i miss something > important or is this too paranoid.. > > -- Adam Gleave [ OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #50: Sun Mar 20 00:01:57 MST 2005 ]