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- From: taylort@happy.rtp.dg.com (Tad Taylor - SQE Security Poobah)
- Subject: Re: Unix Viruses. Are there any??
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.151913.170@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 15:19:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan15.090426.12195@unix.brighton.ac.uk> <17988@umd5.umd.edu> <senetza.727648754@honte>
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- In article <senetza.727648754@honte> senetza@sigma.uleth.ca (Len Senetza) writes:
-
- [Deleted description of user trying to get root to run his
- personal version of the "ls" command.]
-
- >
- >this assumes that root has . in its path, and how many root accounts
- >out there do?
-
- It also assumes that root has . in its path before /usr/bin (or
- wherever else the real "ls" is kept) and that root would actually cd
- to the directory. root should NEVER (IMHO) put . on its path before
- system controlled directories. It's pretty questionable to put . on
- there at all.
-
- Tad Taylor
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