On 2018-04-08 09:04 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i would have been shocked if that construct had that obvious a > security hole, given how often i've seen it in shell scripts. LOL remember shellshock? env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test" Unfortunately I don't have a vulnerable system to test on, but I'm willing to be that's what it's guarding against. -- Stephen M. Webb <stephen [ dot ] webb [ at ] bregmasoft [ dot ] ca>