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/usr/bin/X not in default root path (6.0R vax/rt)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mar@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 28 13:05:26 1988

From: <mar@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 13:04:21 EST
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: paul@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Having a soft link in root's path that can be set by anyone is a
serious mistake.  While it may not matter so much on workstations,
these files have a way of finding their way onto servers and
timesharing machines.

However, /urvd/bin/X11 could be put in root's path.
					-Mark

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