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Article #150Re: Can Red Hat Linux run Shell Script?
From: John Winters
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:00
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In article <xak3dx9tvfs.fsf@par.univie.ac.at>, Alex Pozgaj <alex@par.univie.ac.at> wrote: >Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes: > >> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Erik Duisters wrote: >> >> > If you don't like the ./ in front of you're script_FileName make sure "." is part >> > of the PATH environment variable. >> >> This is VERY bad advise. Having "." in your PATH env is a HUGE security >> risk. >> >> It is far better to get into the habbit of using ./ > >It is - if you are root. Otherwise it's OK. ...provided there are no other users of your system with possible malicious intent. If you run a single user Linux system at home it's perhaps acceptable (although a bad habit). If you use any kind of shared system it's a big no-no. John -- John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England. The Linux Emporium - a source for Linux CDs in the UK See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: fe2cf,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe2cf,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public X-Google-Thread: 1101c9,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gid1101c9,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: 10a997,d9db4d784d4d5b62 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a997,public From: john@polo.demon.co.uk (John Winters) Subject: Re: Can Red Hat Linux run Shell Script? Date: 1999/08/24 Message-ID: <7ptplv$ld4$1@polo.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 516518249 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: unseen.linuxemporium.co.uk:194.70.1.33 References: <7plmre$8e1$1@toto.tig.com.au> <37C14000.63EBEC59@total4.nl> <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908231507180.1457-100000@laptop.jasonclifford.com> <xak3dx9tvfs.fsf@par.univie.ac.at> X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 935488979 nnrp-09:13888 NO-IDENT unseen.linuxemporium.co.uk:194.70.1.33 Organization: The Linux Emporium Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,uk.comp.os.linux X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net