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On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 03:05:12PM -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > I think the Debian policy in this case would guide you only if what > you're doing is for all users of the system. If you're doing this for > yourself, most UNIX/Linux users I know would create an alias or function > to do it, in their own work space (~/bin, ~/.aliases, etc). > > I noticed that ~/bin is not on my PATH by default. Why does debian not > do this? And is it a bad idea to add it to the PATH? It's not necessarily good or bad, and it's up to you whether you want it or not. This has I think been discussed before on this list, and I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere in the debian docs; it may be a faq. I googled a bit, and one random response was (from Dave_L on a mepis list): I think this would weaken security. It's easier for a malicious (or buggy) program or script to get planted in $HOME/bin than /bin, /usr/bin or another directory that's writable only by root. A stupid example would be if you left your keyboard for a moment and some ne'er do well typed a short but nasty command as ~/bin/ls, vs needing root to do the same in /usr/bin/. (Of course, there's no end to other mischief they could do in such a case, but that's why it's a stupid example. ;-) Ken -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]