[OS X TeX] tlmgr

[cfrees at imapmail.org]

On Sun 19th Oct, 2008 at 11:02, Peter Dyballa seems to have written:

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> Am 19.10.2008 um 00:00 schrieb cfrees at imapmail.org:
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>> The *expanded* value of PATH is inherited so -H doesn't affect it. So
>> the choice to use -H or not makes no difference so far as security is
>> concerned.
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> <four letter word>! There is a solution to this: one needs to pass a modified 
> and secure PATH value to the sudo command.
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> "echo $PATH" would reveal its value. With some copy and paste one could then 
> invoke
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> 	env PATH=<revised value> sudo <whatever>

Surely
 	sudo -i <whatever>
is simpler? Though it is a matter of taste, of course. Actually, it
should be
 	/usr/bin/sudo -i <whatever>
or, with your version
 	/usr/bin/env PATH=<revised value> sudo <whatever>

But the question is really what the MacTeX wiki should recommend... :)

- cfr

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> Pete
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> UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.
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