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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: New Installation
Date: 29 May 1997 16:50:35 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <EAsEKH.AD6@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
> In article <EALpDE.1Fn@sphynx.fdn.fr> causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) writes:
>>Anyway, putting the "dot" directory at the end of the path is certainly
>>the safest location for it, I presume!
>
> Actually, it's most important to have dot at the start of root's path
> in case a hacker puts a file called a.out in /bin.
A hacker with access to /bin will eat you alive ! Having '.' in your
path is the least of your worries.
> -- Richard
> --
> I delete unread all email from or through Earthlink and Compuserve,
> because it's almost all junk mail.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !