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Re: ssh config
Let's clarify something here.
~ is always the same as $HOME. If you change $HOME - within bash -
then ~ changes too:
$ HOME=/bogus/directory
$ echo ~
/bogus/directory
HOME starts out set to whatever's in /etc/passwd, but you can change
it. For that reason, security-conscious programs like ssh ignore
$HOME and go by what's in /etc/passwd (which, on a real Unix system,
an unprivileged user can't change).
So changing $HOME is asking for trouble, basically.
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
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