Re: Prioritizing ~/.local/bin over /usr/bin on the PATH

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 08:00:26PM +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 12.06.2018 um 19:45 schrieb Daniel P. Berrangé:
> > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:20:46AM -0700, Howard Howell wrote:
> >> I haven't followed all of this thread, too self busy.  However there is
> >> a security argument.  If you have a local executable directory, then
> >> the capability for malicious software to attach is wide open for that
> >> user, whatever their privelege level might be.
> >>
> >> Most businesses that have linux in their suite, won't want a ~/.bin
> >> anywhere in their organization.
> > 
> > If a malicious attacker have privileges to create/modify $HOME/.bin/foo,
> > then they will also have privileges to modify $HOME/.bashrc to add any
> > directory they wish to $PATH. So that security argument doesn't hold water
> 
> bullshit - man chattr
> 
> [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ touch /home/harry/.bashrc
> touch: setting times of '/home/harry/.bashrc': Operation not permitted
> 
> so and now tell me how you override "ls" on my system until some fool
> adds a user-writeable directory in front of $PATH i am not aware

If you're willing to make custom modifications to prevent user writing
to their own $HOME, then there's no reason why you can't set a different
$PATH or also use chattr to prevent use of $HOME/.local/bin.

Regards,
Daniel
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