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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/exec.314
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