On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 11:17:22PM +0000, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yedidyah Bar-David) writes: > > > Fine for you, but what would you recommend for a new user (a learning > > programmer, not a naive user)? > > In my mind, this is a good scheme. Not the only one possible, but I > see advantages in using it. > > Putting "." in PATH is a security issue that a learning programmer > should understand. The difference between an unpriviledged user and > root should also be understood. Avoiding shadowing of system utilities > is a general principle that a learning programmer should also think > about.
Well, I am not sure. I use unix for 13 years now, almost never had . in my path, and am very comfortable with this. > > > BTW, today was my last day as a sysadmin at tau. > > Good luck in whatever you do next. Thanks. > > > So gradually I will stop thinking about these matters. > > Are you leaving computing altogether? I mean, I have never been a > sysadmin at TAU but I think about these issues... ;-) I do not leave computing, but I am not sure I will soon (e.g. in the next few years) work again in a place serving studying programmers. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
