Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:40:21 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1044841222.4fdd1e@mired.org> To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Safe to change the position of "local" in the path? Message-ID: <15936.27525.948146.394261@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <p0521030dba661110f16b@[165.227.249.18]> References: <p0521030dba661110f16b@[165.227.249.18]>
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In <p0521030dba661110f16b@[165.227.249.18]>, Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> typed: > Is it safe to change the default path to: > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/you/bin That depends on who you let write on /usr/local. If it's the same set of people as those who can write in /usr or /, then there's no change in security. If you haev /usr/local/bin as a place where local users can dump things they want to share, then it's a bad idea. > Is there a generic way to make things in /usr/local/bin take > precedence over things in /usr/bin? You set your PATH so that /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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