On Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 21:08:02 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Why is that dangerous? Because if your account is compromised then
> critical system programs (ls, cd, and the like) can be easily replaced
> with compromised versions. Putting your own bin at the end of the path
> is meant to thwart this.
If your account is compromised then why do you imagine your
settings will be untouched?
People typically put their ~/bin directory first, precisely
so that they can override system-wide commands.
As for why it didn't work - the OP seemed to have said:
PATH = ...
(ie. Spaces around the equals sign. This will not work.)
Steve
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