$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>


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