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Title: Cannot route execute any programme?

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Cannot route execute any programme?

In the root's environment "." is not located in the search path (variable PATH). When the user root wants to start a xxx programme in the current directory, it must type either ./xxx or sh xxx.

Why is it like that?

First of all, everything has to do with security aspects.
An example: in the directory /tmp there is an executable shell script with the name "l", which contains the following code: 

	#!/bin/bash
	cd /
	rm -rf *
Root types now by mistake l s-l (the blank space as well in the wrong place). A strong hard disk activity will be inmediately noticed somewhere.

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Keywords: ROOT, POINT, PATH, SECURITY

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