Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 09:54:22 +0200 From: Gunter Loos <Gul@ngonet.be> To: Information Help Desk <info@adn.edu.ph> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: command not found Message-ID: <31B53D2E.2452@ngonet.be> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960604105926.2542A-100000@sili.adn.edu.ph>
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Information Help Desk wrote: > > HI !!! > > Whenever I run an executable file located in the current directory > I'm in, I always receive a 'command not found' error. I found this very > odd since the executable file is there but it seems that the shell cannot > find it. To remedy this problem I have to prefix any executable file I > want to run with './' (i.e. ./bootpgw). > > Is there any other solutions for this bug (if it is)?No bug: security. Root hasn't got . in its path, and its best to leave it that way... Cheers, -- . .__ . |Nationaal Centrum voor OntwikkelingsSamenwerking vzw, NgoNet _| _ [ __ | |Voice Gunter.Loos@+32 2 5392620 Fax +32 2 5391343 (_](/, [_./(_|| |mailto:gul@ngonet.be "You are all weirdos." - Sam the Eagle ----MijnEigenWoordenNietVanIemandAnders - MyOwnExpressionsNotSomeoneElses----
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