From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org>
Subject: Re: gnat on linux (strange problems and behaviour)
Date: 1999/08/13
Date: 1999-08-13T09:41:02+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pv0sm30x.fsf@antinea.enst.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37B3D56F.AB39C948@billybob.demon.co.uk
>>>>> "Brian" == brian <brianc@billybob.demon.co.uk> writes:
Brian> The problem ended up being that the '. 'directory was not in my
Brian> path. Which quite surprised me as I don't remember any options
Brian> where I decided not to put it in my Path on my new install
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.
Sam
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Samuel Tardieu -- sam@ada.eu.org
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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 [this message]
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-22 0:00 ` Mario Klebsch
1999-08-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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