James Turnbull has published a nice small list of seven tips for optimizing shell script security.

The shell script is ubiquitous on Linux hosts. Administrators use shell scripts to run backups, purge /tmp directories, monitor processes and create users, just to name a few tasks. Some applications are written in shell script also, and some users rely on shell scripts for installation or integration purposes.

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Security: Shell script optimization and security tips

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