File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)

Corinna Vinschen corinna@vinschen.de
Sun May 28 03:51:00 GMT 2000


It's no general path problem and it's no general $HOME problem.
We only have that problem if an application is not enough
`defensive' in handling paths. IMHO, it's quite annoying that
some applications don't check the given path for trailing slash.
That's it, the missing check for trailing slash! Most of the time.

I think we should simply do that:
- Don't let the root dir be HOME. There's no reason to do so.
  Tell people that fact as often as they need it (FAQ?).
- Let's port applications so that they check the path for
  trailing slashes as far as it could result in a faulty
  UNC path (Yes, my openSSH port is affected as well!)

Corinna

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