[H-GEN] root bash path (in Debian)

[Greg Black]

On 2004-12-07, Doug South wrote:

> would it be sufficiently the same (I know it isn't the same, but for
> practical purposes, I'm wondering if it is) to have root's ./~profile
> as
> 
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
> 
> ? Is there some security thingo I would be violating by doing that?

Better to set it explicitly, with some thought about the order
of the elements; for root, especially, I would not do it the way
you've suggested.

Greg