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Re: Changes to /etc/profile



> While you are changing 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...

It's usual to have /usr/local/bin at the beginning so that locally
installed software takes precedence over system's software, and I
don't plan to change that convention.

[ IMHO, you should not put /usr/local/bin in your PATH (anywhere) if
  you don't trust it ].


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