[openbeos] Re: . or no .

  • From: jandl@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 14:45:25 EST

> Seriously, though - on any machine that has any serious
> security, putting . in your path is a bad thing. OTOH,
> that probably isn't too much of an issue for OBOS, since
> (at least R1) will have little to no security.

Something that I'd keep in mind regarding issues like this
is that it's easier for an experienced security-minded
individual to take the "." out than for a newb to put it
in.

Little things like this make users say things like, "it
just _works_".

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