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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