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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!troll.apana.org.au!rivendell.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: why don't some commands see Date: 14 Nov 1994 11:24:32 +1000 Organization: Rivendell - APANA Brisbane Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3a6e8g$6qj@rivendell.apana.org.au> References: <39h7rh$iui@news.doit.wisc.edu> <Cz1ro1.8M2@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rivendell.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tyrone R Powers (tyrone@world.std.com) wrote: : you dont have '.' in your path. To run programs in the : current directory, you're going to have to type: : ./<program-name> : or put '.' in your path. '.' in the path is a BIG security hole - _especially_ if you happen to be root. Don't do it. Run './foo' or '/usr/games/foo' instead. Phil. -- Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au "I can't remember anything, Can't tell if this is true or dream, Deep down inside I feel to scream, This terrible silence stops me"