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Re: [cobalt-security] strange file
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] strange file
 
- From: Fabrice Prémel <fabrice@xxxxxxxxxx>
 
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:24:03 +0200
 
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
 
>if [ $1 ]
>then
>    if [ -d $1 -a ! -n "$2" ]
>    then
>        ( echo -e "*** $1 ***\n"; /bin/ls -aFlh $* ) | /usr/bin/less
>-EimX
>    else
>        ( echo -e "*** `pwd` ***\n"; /bin/ls -adFlh $* ) | 
>/usr/bin/less
>-EimX
>    fi
>else
>        ( echo -e "*** `pwd` ***\n"; /bin/ls -adFlh .* * ) |
>/usr/bin/less -EimX
>fi
>
>Can anyone explain to me what this is for and what this guy is 
>intending
>with this?   Does it represent a security concern?
This script allows him to have a personnalised `ls`.
This is by no mean a security concern.
Hope that helps,
Fabrice Prémel.