Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!squirrel!pronto!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: I get "Insecure PATH" when I run commands from emacs... Message-ID: <1991Jun18.070311.13650@pronto.mh.nl> Date: 18 Jun 91 07:03:11 GMT References: <1991Jun17.011615.13952@convex.com> <1991Jun17.191832.15997@convex.com> Sender: jv@pronto.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Reply-To: Johan Vromans Distribution: comp.lang.perl Organization: Multihouse Automation, the Netherlands Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM's message of 17 Jun 91 19:18:32 GMT X-Md4-Signature: 0258e8f8a7ee9c550d5cf338f56a38fb In article <1991Jun17.191832.15997@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: : The folks here report that as distributed, emacs leaves the wrong perms : on. As far as I know, it leaves the mode at 0777. Not set[ug]id. : I'd wonder : whether RMS intended this feature as a way for crackers to break into your : system using GNU emacs. Of course, it's quite possible he never thought : of it. RMS believes in cooperative users. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62911/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------