Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10 6/7/83; site hao.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!pag
From: pag@hao.UUCP (Peter Gross)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.bugs
Subject: Re: reading of local .exrc files
Message-ID: <943@hao.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Apr-84 16:37:49 EST
Article-I.D.: hao.943
Posted: Tue Apr 24 16:37:49 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Apr-84 01:21:14 EST
References: <377@ucbvax.UUCP>
Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO
Lines: 6

I can see both the utility and security problems with the above.
An easy way around the latter is to only do it when the .exrc file
is owned by the invoker of ex/vi (maybe that's what's done now).

--peter gross
hao!pag