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Date:      Wed, 18 Sep 1996 09:57:19 +0000
From:      Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de>
To:        tcg@ime.net
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Quick Question
Message-ID:  <323FC77F.CFC@degnet.baynet.de>
References:  <323F22DE.6E24@ricochet.net> <323F4A17.EB9@ime.net>

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Please explain to me why this is a security-risk. I've always had
"." in my PATH.

Darius Moos.

Gary Chrysler wrote:
> gordon rios wrote:
> > Hello:
> > Sometimes in a directory I created from my home directory I get the error
> > Thanks,
> > Gordon P. Rios
> I've seen several replys about adding '.' (dot) to the PATH
> statement, IMHO this really is not a good habbit to get into
> especially for the 'root' user! Doing so is a potential
> security risk!
> 
> I suggest just typing ./hello
> 
> -Enjoy
> Gary
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