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- Submitted-by: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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- In article <1991Jul12.213625.7241@uunet.uu.net> decot@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Dave Decot) writes:
- > To be sure that you are "securely" running a standard utility, POSIX.2
- > provides the standard utility path via "getconf CS_PATH" that applications
- > can change their PATH to, and be assured of getting the standard version.
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- Is getconf a builtin? If not, it itself can be spoofed!
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- [ I would assume getconf is a builtin. But we all know what happens when
- one assumes -- mod ]
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