From: Stefan Skoglund <stetson@ebox.tninet.se>
Subject: Re: gnat on linux (strange problems and behaviour)
Date: 1999/08/21
Date: 1999-08-21T13:03:29+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37BEA492.413D9707@ebox.tninet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pv0sm30x.fsf@antinea.enst.fr
Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> Well, it is a safe choice not to have "." in your PATH as far as
> security is concerned: you can be in whatever directory you want, you
> will not take the risk of calling commands outside of the safe PATH
> you defined unless you explicitely provide the "./".
>
> Of course, if you are not using a multiuser system, this is overkill.
>
a software package should never require . in the PATH.
This is most definitely broken !!!
Consider the existence of trojans.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-08-21 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-11 0:00 gnat on linux (strange problems and behaviour) brian
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Clayton Weaver
1999-08-13 0:00 ` brian
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund [this message]
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-22 0:00 ` Mario Klebsch
1999-08-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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