This probably saw some debate in the past, which I did not see. On my IRC channel it is concensus that the path given out is dangerous.
-peter Index: dot.profile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/skel/dot.profile,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.4 dot.profile --- dot.profile 16 Feb 2005 06:56:57 -0000 1.4 +++ dot.profile 13 Apr 2012 15:05:11 -0000 @@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ # # sh/ksh initialization -PATH=$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:. +PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:$HOME/bin:. export PATH HOME TERM
