On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 02:11:48PM +0200, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > On 7.7.2014 14:07, Josef Reidinger wrote:
>> I have general question and I think answer to it should be somewhere >> written as documented decision. >> >> Why we use absolute path to binary? I think proper set PATH in >> environment should be goal and use common path. Also from security >> point of view it is quite useless because if PATH is attacked, then >> also any real root action is attacked. > Sure, I myself also prefer the shorter way, but I think it was because of > security. Let's ask our security expert if this is really the case, or > whether it has changed meanwhile. Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794084 mentions some reasons. Regards, Arvin -- Arvin Schnell, <[email protected]> Senior Software Engineer, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
