Helge Hafting writes: [snip] > Note that your PATH does not contain the current directory (.) This is > default for Debian, and is considered a security feature. I believe you > can run standard executables like "ls" and such? > > To run the a.out file, use "./a.out" instead of only "a.out" > The same applies to anything else that isn't in your path. Why is this a > security thing? Because a nasty user on a multiuser system could create a > virus or something and name it "ls" > in his home directory. Someone else might cd's into that > directory and run "ls" in order to get a directory list. > Not having the current dir in PATH is then useful.
Unnecessary, Just place the "." at the end of the $PATH variable so that all other directories are searched first before defaulting to the current directory "." Thus, official binaries (like /usr/bin/*) are searched before attempting the current directory. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.-