From: Sean Harre <sharre@...>
Date: 2006-07-21T02:33:18+09:00
Subject: "insecure world writable" fix ?

Hello All,

I have come up with a fix/workaround which turns off the "insecure world
writable" warning message.

In my code, I pass a string (exec_str) to exec:

    exec_str = "./foo.pl test"
    exec(exec_str)

Depending on my PATH, this can point out any number of world-writable
directories on my network.

If I change the above so I'm just adding a CR to the end of exec_str, I
now do not see the warning message any longer:

    exec_str = "./foo.pl test\n"
    exec(exec_str)

Anyone have an idea why this works?

Thanks,
-Sean