> does NOT improve security at all
Reason why it does : all the other paths in PATH by default are root-
writeable only. If a personal ~/bin folder is at the front by default,
all it takes is for someone to exploit you is to e.g. get you to unpack
an archive in your HOME that has
a) the files you
Putting ~/bin at the end of the path increases security. That is enough
to end the argument.
If the user wants to override system tools, then they can just as easily
rearrange their path to have ~/bin at the beginning. In fact, that's
congruence: a user savvy enough to install their own tools to ~
I strongly oppose the bug request, by the same reasons pointed out by
Rhonda:
- It does NOT improve security at all, a malicious user could revert the
changes or do worse.
- It would prevent intentional overriding of tools.
By the same reason /usr/local/bin comes before /usr/bin, ~/bin should
co
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