RE: [Hardhats-members] Using linux editor in Vista -- security risk?

Thanks Bhaskar, that helped. Kevin --- Bhaskar, KS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin -- I don't know about joe, but you can tell vim to prohibit shell escapes. Either call it as rvim or call it with the -Z flag. Check the man page for details or check the online documentation

RE: [Hardhats-members] Using linux editor in Vista -- security risk?

I'm embarassed. As soon as I read Bhaskar's note, I thought Oh yeah, I remember that option (now). It completely slipped my mind that it was even available. But, as always, Bhaskar's postings are very helpful. --- Kevin Toppenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bhaskar, that helped. Kevin

Re: [Hardhats-members] Using linux editor in Vista -- security risk?

Absolutely. You might get around this by making gtm the login shell and arrange for your user not to have permission to run csh (or any other shell). Another, perhaps simpler, solution would be to modify the source to disable shell escapes and compile a new editor. === Gregory Woodhouse

RE: [Hardhats-members] Using linux editor in Vista -- security risk?

Kevin -- I don't know about joe, but you can tell vim to prohibit shell escapes. Either call it as rvim or call it with the -Z flag. Check the man page for details or check the online documentation (http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/starting.html). Good question, though. An important