> Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 02:08:55PM +0200, Ondřej Vašík wrote: > >> Stefan Assmann wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I was wondering why there's no $HOME/bin directory and $HOME/bin not > >>> mentioned in the $PATH variable. Any particular reason not to have that > >>> by default? > >> > >> $HOME/bin is not on every system and the other default directories in > >> default PATH are(at least on the most of systems ;) ). However, some > >> Linux distros do add something as: > >> # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists > >> if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then > >> PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" > >> fi > >> as default - so this dir gets added automatically when does exist. > >> I'm generally +1 for changing the default that way - as it would not > >> change anything for users without that directory. > > > > I would only want this at the *end* of the current PATH, not the > > beginning, for obvious security reasons. > > 1. Your practice to a wide extend defeats one prime rationale for ~/bin: > Replacing/Overriding vendor-provided applications by per-user installed > versions. > > 2. Unless using ~/bin as root, these files are user-installed binaries, > which under normal circumstances may only have security impacts on user > files => What you call "obvious security reasons" are minor concerns. if "su" (instead of "su -") is used, root will inherit user's environment including PATH. > The only real issue you are solving by appending ~/bin instead of > prepending ~/bin to $PATH is avoiding application-name conflicts. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
