> Then i started to look: i don't have any dot in my root PATH !!
> 
> It got sooo loud that i experimented - the message is triggered by
> 
> 	1) a double colon in PATH i.e.: /bin::/usr/bin     and
> 	2) a trailing colon in PATH i.e.: /bin:/usr/bin:

The message is misleading, but the warning is warranted.

A leading, trailing, or double colon in $PATH is equivalent to having a
dot there.  And root user's should _never_ have a dot in their path since
you never know if a user is going to put a trojan "ls" somewhere where you
will inadvertantly run it. 

	--jtc


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