Actually, that is something unrelated to this...

Garth Meisel said:
> Quote:
> Some systems set up a 'workaround' by adding the dot (".") to the search
> path,  thus enabling files in the current path to be found and executed.
> This is  highly dangerous since you may accidentally launch unknown
> programs in the  current directory instead of the usual system-wide
> files. As a result,  creating 'Trojan Horses' which exploit this
> weakness and intrude your system  is rather easy.
>
> I think this is why they've left off the "." in the file name.  Or maybe
> they  just wanted to confuse me, I don't know.
>
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> On Monday 03 February 2003 22:43, you wrote:
>> hehe, actually all the ssh config filenames are written that way....
>>
>> > btw, am i the only one who finds it annoying that sshd_conf isn't
>> sshd.conf?
>> >
>> > - --
>> > Aaron J. Seigo
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>> > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
>> >     - Albert Einstein
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