cross-platform virus

[Sasha Tsykin]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:25:52 +1000
> Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Is this really in the $PATH by default?  That seems like a problem.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>>
>> It is. If you have a ~/bin directory it is in your path.
> 
> Your confidence is impressive :) , but ..  I fear your facts are not quite
> in order ... From my post (immediately above yours in this thread)
> 
> <quote>
> 
> In .bash_profile it seems to be commented out by default ( checked on a
> "new" user on my system)
> 
> # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> #if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
> #    PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
> #fi
> 
> 
> </quote>
> 
> 
> Also note this in /etc/profile:
> 
> # /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
> # and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
> 
> if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
>   PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11"
> else
>   PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
> fi
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Peter
I upgrade my releases directly, and I routinely keep files such as this 
when I change or reinstall distributions. It is possible I have kept it 
for a while. In which case, my mistake and I apologise. It is also 
possible that it was not commented out in a previous release of Ubuntu.

Sasha