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Re: [SLUG] PATH=$PATH.

To: John Ferlito <johnf@nospam.inodes.org>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] PATH=$PATH.
From: Ian Tester <imroy@nospam.zip.com.au>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 22:38:41 +1000 (EST)
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On Sat, 27 May 2000, John Ferlito wrote:

> 	The main problem with having . in your path is of course security.
> Best is example is if you have . in your path and I put a file in /tmp that
> looks like this

...and name it 'ls'

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