PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin considered harmful

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:16:03 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Michael Schwendt writes:
> 
> >
> > # whereis ldconfig
> > ldconfig: /sbin/ldconfig /usr/sbin/ldconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz
> >
> > /sbin is before /usr/sbin in $PATH.
> 
> Only for root.

And not affecting "whereis" but only "which":

$ whereis ldconfig
ldconfig: /sbin/ldconfig /usr/sbin/ldconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz
$ echo $PATH
/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/ms17b/bin/:/home/ms17b/files/bin
$ which ldconfig
/usr/sbin/ldconfig

Yes, that's fragile and dangerous.

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