Mysterious security hole

[Brendan Kehoe]

sam at bsu-cs.UUCP wrote:
>Here's a nice and fairly simple way to improve security.
>PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/etc
>then, to execute something in the local directory usr ./command or a
>full path.

 It took some getting used to, but after about a month I got myself
into the pattern of doing this .. and have found it completely
impossible to revert back. :)

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