4 Feb
2000
4 Feb
'00
22:46
| > I remember reading somewhere that it was poor or not a good practice | > to have the current directory '.' in the $PATH environment variable. | | It's very bad if you're root. OTOH normal users have less to worry | about. Just make sure . is at the end of the path.
It's equally bad if you are an ordinary user. Having '.' in your path makes you vulnerable. If you are root the whole system is on the stake, if you are an ordinary user, you might 'only' lose your data... Andre' -- André Pönitz ......................... poenitz@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de