Adam Wight wrote in list.freebsd-current:
> x I like the -e option when I'm root and trying to debug things. I
> x think that peter's fix seems to be ideal. You can find out about your
> x own uid, but no one else's unless you are root.
>
> I agree, but anything that runs suid has to be excluded as well.
FWIW, I'd be against removing or restricting -e at all.
Programs that put sensitive data into environment variables
(or expect the user to do that) are just _broken_. Removing
or restricting the -e option encourages such brokenness.
Just my 0.02 Euro.
Regards
Oliver
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