Mysterious security hole
Brendan Kehoe
brendan at cs.widener.edu
Tue Jun 18 23:23:34 AEST 1991
sam at bsu-cs.UUCP wrote:
>Here's a nice and fairly simple way to improve security.
>PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/etc
>then, to execute something in the local directory usr ./command or a
>full path.
It took some getting used to, but after about a month I got myself
into the pattern of doing this .. and have found it completely
impossible to revert back. :)
--
Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan at cs.widener.edu
Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone
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