Re: [suse-security] /etc/profile security question

4 Feb 2000


      Mark B Withers wrote:
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Fellow S.u.S.E. users:
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. 

Nick

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Nick Zentena
"Microsoft has unjustifiably jeopardized the stability and security of
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operating system."
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Nov 5/1999
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