>
> : > # set up the default path to include only the .2 utilities and the current
> : > # directory
> : > export PATH='/bin:.'
>
> Wait a minute...on Unix machines, it's generally strongly recommended
> that you *don't* have "." in the default path.  (something about
> potential security holes)
>
> Does this mean that MPE/iX (Posix) isn't emulating Unix security holes too?
> :)    In short: does HP *really* want to use that default PATH?
>
        That recommendation only applies to the root user.  It's not that bad
for other users.  The security problem is that someone (non-root) could
create a script that "hooks" into another command.  For example, I could
write a script called "ls" that does an ls and then does an rm -rf /
If root happens to be logged into that directory (say I put "ls" in
/usr/local/bin) and "." is in the path BEFORE /bin and /usr/bin  _and_
he or she types "ls" then my script would be executed instead of the real "ls"
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