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 10.5 Summary
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 Where untrusted parties can create files on the system, or affect the
 names of files that are created, all uses for `find', `locate' and
 `xargs' have known security problems except the following:
 
 Informational use only
      Uses where the programs are used to prepare lists of file names
      upon which no further action will ever be taken.
 
 `-delete'
      Use of the `-delete' action with `find' to delete files which meet
      specified criteria
 
 `-execdir'
      Use of the `-execdir' action with `find' where the `PATH'
      environment variable contains directories which contain only
      trusted programs.
 

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