On 13 Oct 1998, Paul Crowley wrote: <snip> Didn't everyone noticed that the "system wide" profile (/etc/profile) includes "."?
I haven't changed my /etc/profile IIRC. > instead. Really, it's very easy to get into the habit and it improves > your security. It used to be the case that people put "." in their > PATH as a matter of course, but the practice died out when people > started to worry about the security implications. Admiral Charah Technical Support Group Cyberspace Laoag, ISP