topic Re: /usr/local/bin in PATH in Operating System - HP-UX

/usr/local/bin in PATH

Ed Hon — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:25:04 GMT

Is it usual to have /usr/local/bin in the PATH?

Re: /usr/local/bin in PATH

Sanjay_6 — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:28:11 GMT

yes.

But you may have to add it manually in your profile. Don't think it gets added by default.

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: /usr/local/bin in PATH

Pete Randall — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:29:01 GMT

Ed,

It's common but not recommended because of the security risk associated with it. The bad guys can put scripts in /usr/local/bin that imitate regular commands and use these back doors to steal passwords or accomplish other forms of mischief.

Pete

Re: /usr/local/bin in PATH

Sundar_7 — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:30:35 GMT

Sure it is usual to have /usr/local/bin in the PATH.

Security folks will tell you, it should be searched only after /usr/bin, /usr/sbin or /sbin directories.

Make sure you dont have world writable permissions to the directory also ensure you have /usr/sbin, /usr/bin and /sbin listed before /usr/local/bin in the PATH.