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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/exec.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 index bc5d7a48878..01091a41e04 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: exec.3,v 1.10 2000/04/18 03:01:26 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: exec.3,v 1.11 2000/08/31 16:24:38 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -138,9 +138,12 @@ character. The search path is the path specified in the environment by .Ev PATH variable. -If this variable isn't specified, the default path -.Pa /bin:/usr/bin:\&. -is used. +If this variable isn't specified, +.Va _PATH_DEFPATH from +.Pa <paths.h> +is used instead, its value being: +.Pa /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin +.Pp In addition, certain errors are treated specially. .Pp If permission is denied for a file (the attempted @@ -219,8 +222,7 @@ and .Fn execvp functions was .Pa \&.:/bin:/usr/bin . -This was changed to place the current directory last to enhance system -security. +This was changed to improve security and behaviour. .Pp The behavior of .Fn execlp |