On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Dan Berdine wrote: > The Redhat machine I use at work seems to include ./ in the PATH > variable, I can always run executables from my current directory > without using ./ like on my home debian system. This has always seemed > more convenient to me and I wondered why Debian doesn't do this until I > read that it is considered a security flaw. Is this always so? Is > there a way to enable this without compromising security?
If you put . in your PATH at least put it last, this will mininize the security risk. This risk is probably small if you don't have a connection to the net which is mostly up. rob Live the dream.
