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Re: Changes to /etc/profile



On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 at 11:44:43AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> -export PATH PS1
> +export PATH
> 
> so that shells which do not understand bash prompt escapes do not show
> a confusing prompt when invoked on the command line. I will probably
> do that as well, but, as before, if you know of any undesired side
> effects this may have, please speak now.
The changes you are planning should have no adverse effect.  While you are
chaing profiles you may want to change the path to put /usr/local/(s)bin last
in your path (especially if it is an NIS mount) to avoid path vulnerabilities...

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