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diff --git a/source/a/etc/_etc/etc/profile.d/z-dot-in-non-root-path.csh.new b/source/a/etc/_etc/etc/profile.d/z-dot-in-non-root-path.csh.new new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8ff364f1b --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/etc/_etc/etc/profile.d/z-dot-in-non-root-path.csh.new @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +#!/bin/csh +# Traditionally Slackware has included '.' at the end of the non-root +# $path, and kept this behavior long after it had been dropped elsewhere +# due to the relatively low attack risk by having it at (or near) the +# end of the $path. But times have changed, and having this as a default +# violates POLA (principle of least astonishment) just like removing it +# back in the early 90s would have. So, by default this script is not +# enabled. If you'd like '.' back at the end of your $path for non-root +# users systemwide, make this script executable. A better choice is +# probably to leave it off and let individual users decide to add it +# in their local profile scripts if they want it. Even better is just +# to start programs in '.' with ./program, like most of us have been +# doing for years. + +# For non-root users, add the current directory to the search path: +if (! "$uid" == "0") set path = ( $path . ) + |