On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:44:47AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: > I didn't mean that, but that looks better ;) > (what I meant was to use "which cut" to see if "which" works; the rest > of the script already assumes that cut exists) > > I'm not sure if throwing away all the output satisfies Joe's concern; > running login scripts seems like it could have side-effects other than > output
Yes, it might have side-effects like /etc/csh.login running yppasswd and prompting on /dev/tty to change an expired NIS password ;) It's not safe to use at all. joe
