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Bugtraq archives for 1st quarter (Jan-Mar) 1999: Re: PATH variable in zip-slackware 2.0.35

Re: PATH variable in zip-slackware 2.0.35

kay (kayPHREEDOM.ORG)
Sun, 3 Jan 1999 04:04:55 +0200 

Sorry for continuing this really unnecessary thread...

On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Karl Stevens wrote:

> Actually, this is the default path for USERS, not for root (Slackware 3.4,
> 3.5, 3.6) The default path for root is
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

This is not true. This is output from a clean Slackware 3.6:

bash# echo $PATH
/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin: \
/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/andrew/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/games:.

A quick look through the init scripts reveals no distinguish whether they
run as root, other privileged uid, or something.

> The problem specified in the previous posts is only present in the zipslack
> distribution.

This is not true as well. If it was only present in zipslack noone would
care. I personally wouldn't run a secure server on zipslack/umsdos.

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