Hi,

I second that.
I understand the feature fr= om a security standpoint, and i suppose i doesn't hurt as an added secu= rity layer. However, being able to configure it simply configure it through= a (read only,root owned) configuration file would have helped me in the si= tuation i was in when i originally posted this question. I am glad it spark= ed this discussion .

If an evil-intended someone achieves to modify this file by getting roo= t write privilege, well there's much worse he/she could do than modifyi= ng kdesu's path don't you think ?.

Regards,

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Gary Gre= ene <greeneg= @tolharadys.net> wrote:

On Friday 05 September 2008 04:25:42 = pm Anders L=F6vgren wrote:
> On Thursday 04 September 2008 08.40.13 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:52:43AM +0200, Anders L=F6vgren wrote:=
> > > The modified $PATH will at least protect against e.g. runnin= g a bad
> > > ~/bin/cat from a program or script that happens to use whate= ver cat
> > > that comes first in the $PATH.
> >
> > *how* is a bad cat supposed to get into ~/bin, huh? why do you wa= nt to
> > secure the door of an obviously blown up house?
>
> Regarding the *how*, huh? and ~/bin: you had an idea about it yourself= in
> your previous mail, why asking me? :-)
>
> I don't think we need to discuss the *how* further here, theres be= tter
> forums for that. For the second question I would like to switch the > viewpoint: If the house is not blown up, why not lock the door?
>
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Anders,

Its not the "why not lock the door" issue I think that Ossi is co= mmenting on,
but rather the fact that this is completely UN-CONFIGURABLE. If I want this=
feature as a paranoid user, it should be managed by a configuration file th= at
is read only versus plain hardcoding paths in the code. This way if _I_ don= 't
want/need it, I can set my system up as I want without patching the code unnecessarily.

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