Theoretical Question - Malicious Shell Aliases?

I was thinking about this the other day and it got me thinking...my .bashrc/.zshrc is user-writable and doesn't need root permissions to edit.

What exactly would stop something malicious from adding an alias to either rc file like this:

```
alias ls='ls;./someMaliciousSilentScript.sh'
```

...I would never actually know this is happening, unless I frequently look at my aliases, right? I don't think I've ever seen any shell show me the expanded alias prior to running.

Or I suppose, this just comes down to "don't run stuff you don't know/don't pipe curl to bash/etc"?

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bcal - storage expression and general-purpose calculator
https://github.com/jarun/bcal

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What are some compelling arguments AGAINST using Linux for personal/professional use?



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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - January 08, 2020

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

Ask your hardware requests here too or try r/linuxhardware!

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Whatever Happened To news.gmane.org? (Or: Latest updates on Gmane)
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2020/01/06/whatever-happened-to-news-gmane-org/

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Reproducible Builds Update for December
https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2019-12/

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Windows 7 will stop receiving updates next Tuesday, 14th of January. KDE calls on the community to help Windows users upgrade to Plasma desktop.
https://dot.kde.org/2020/01/08/plasma-safe-haven-windows-7-refugees

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Push Notifications for SSH Logins

Hi,

For anyone that is interested I decided to create a quick noscript to get a push notification whenever a successful login to my SSH server occurs. I thought I would share it with anyone that is interested, at the moment it is very basic and requires a bit of manual installation but it does what I need.

If you have any questions or concerns let me know.

[https://github.com/nabsayeed/sshmonitor](https://github.com/nabsayeed/sshmonitor)

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Jellyfin (free software media system and alternative to proprietary Plex and Emby) in 2019
https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-in-2019/

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Next Generation Machine Learning Kernel Security

Hi guys ! We are working on a embedded security project . We actualy relased our first versione targeting some webserver process in an OpenWRT on ARM32, in the following weeks we will relase MIPS and ARM64 version too.

Github here : [https://github.com/Exeinspa/exein-openwrt-public](https://github.com/Exeinspa/exein-openwrt-public)

Hope you like and please give us suggestions

Happy New Year!

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Building responsive apps for Linux Smartphones with GTK and libhandy, Part 1
https://tuxphones.com/tutorial-developing-responsive-linux-smartphone-apps-libhandy-gtk-part-1/

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Sensible World of Soccer 2020

This awesome old game is now for PC / MAC / LINUX. Up to 4k resolution.

Also Freeware!

[https://youtu.be/U-hEVRHqZWQ](https://youtu.be/U-hEVRHqZWQ)

How to install: [https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/forum/swos-2020/27062-tutorial-linux](https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/forum/swos-2020/27062-tutorial-linux)

Download: [https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/swos-2020](https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/swos-2020)

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2019 Year in Review: Librem 5 Software and Kernel
https://puri.sm/posts/2019-year-in-review-librem-5-software-and-kernel/

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Free Software’s Radical Past
http://www.ocsmag.com/2019/02/27/free-softwares-radical-past/

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Huawei's Linux Distro openEuler has been released. What do you guys think and has anyone tried?
https://openeuler.org/en/

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People should realize that comparing a FREE software to a proprietary one , doesn't mean they should be on the same quality level , it's not even logical !

Comparing a free software you didn't pay for with a premium one that's predicted to deliver a quality service and making negative reviews of the former because it's not on the same grounds with the latter doesn't make any sense imo.

If you didn't pay a single buck for it , why did you expect it to be packed with the same features like the proprietary ?!

I mean people who bash FOSS to be lacking quality (*Not bad quality because they tried it for free*) should calm their rant down and just dual-boot to their second-favourite proprietary platform and pay the monthly subnoscription for their favourite software there ....... Problem solved.

Being nit-picky about quality/features is not really beneficial considering that FOSS can offer most features (*If not all*) of the proprietary one and for FREE , then people just complain about it for different (*And sometimes stupid*) reasons like: "*It's GUI is not familiar , THAT'S TERRIBLE*" or "*It's confusing to use !*" ........

It's just these people either were having over-the-top ambitions or didn't even pay for the proprietary software at all .... That's why they jump for the verdict directly without looking at the biggest premise , the price tag !

If devs. giving their effort for free to you with acceptable quality is not fulfilling ...... then the real problem wasn't the lack of features from the beginning.

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Dell showing off XPS Developer Edition at CES - Linux hit the mainstream
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/dell-updates-xps-13-laptop-with-1610-aspect-ratio-screen-ir-camera/

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Linux mobile, daily driver reality check.
https://mariogrip.com/2020/01/08/linux-mobile-reality-check/

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Lightning talk: "Exciting developments around Linux on Phones" (timestamp)
https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10524-lightning_talks_day_2#t=4909

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what does it mean to attribute and modify a file from one file path to the next, specifically Next, locate the DocumentRoot attribute and modify it from /var/www/html to /var/www/html/wordpress.



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Fedora 33 To Finally Kill Off Python 2.6 Support
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython26

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