Re: easy uninstaller solution
Re: easy uninstaller solution
- Subject: Re: easy uninstaller solution
- From: "Adam Fisk" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:51:21 -0700
Both valid points -- I'll change to absolute paths. The admin
privileges danger makes sense too, particularly in the case where the
user has somehow installed malicious software. I'll have to think
about that one a bit more.
Thanks.
-Adam
> There might be 2 things to take into account here that are related to
> security:
>
> - it's better to use absolute path for tools to avoid calling an alias. For
> instance, use /bin/rm instead of just rm
>
> - Since the script will be executed with administration privileges, there's
> always the issue that someone can change the script to do bad things.
>
> My $0.2
>
>
>
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