$HOME/.local/bin in $PATH
Chris Adams
linux at cmadams.net
Thu Oct 31 02:09:20 UTC 2013
Once upon a time, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> said:
> you can do this and that - but that's no valid argumentation
> doing bad things in default setups
But you are calling it "bad" with no real argument except repitition.
I've shown that it is not _any_ worse for security.
> *at least* do not
> place *hidden* diretories there, ther is a good reason why
> software like rkhunter alerts if you have hidden directories
> somewhere in /usr/bin/
There's a vast difference between $HOME/.local/bin and a dot-directory
under /usr/bin (where nothing installs them on normal systems but root
kits often do).
--
Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net>
More information about the devel
mailing list