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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: compiled program won't run.
Date: 12 Nov 1995 16:30:07 +0100
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David H <dhawk@netcom.com> wrote:

>If security is not a concern,  set path = ( $path . )
>as root...

...and then wait for the day until somebody is dropping you a
file called `/tmp/vi' containing just

#!/bin/sh
exec rm -rf / &

in it. :-}
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)