[wellylug] Newbie starting BWBasic - Linz

[Jethro Carr]

On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 20:37, Donald Gordon wrote:
> On 2/05/2005, at 10:15 AM, Simon Antliff wrote:
> > I ask this, because some people say you should obfuscate your sbin and
> > bin locations for security reasons. Does this mean going through the
> > headaches of failed scripts unless you're careful?
> 
> ...and the headaches of upgrading things and your package manager 
> getting confused...
> 
> *WHY* would you want to do this?  Would you also make sure your new 
> obfuscated sbin and bin locations weren't in the path?

this sounds like the most pointless thing ever!


If someone wanted a program, it's most likey to be added in the path,
which will defeat the point of moving the files, and failing that they
could search for the binary.

Plus the major disadvantages, of a screwed up system, when you try to
update it, or any programs need another at a certain location.




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