From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28844 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2005 15:45:18 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Dec 2005 15:45:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 53124 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2005 15:45:10 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Dec 2005 15:45:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 23882 invoked by alias); 12 Dec 2005 15:45:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9784 Received: (qmail 23868 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2005 15:45:01 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Dec 2005 15:45:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 51818 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2005 15:45:01 -0000 Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.40) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Dec 2005 15:44:59 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([71.116.81.225]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IRE002F16EWW0K1@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:44:57 -0600 (CST) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jBCFit7u021449; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:44:56 -0800 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id jBCFitgl021448; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:44:55 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:44:55 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: Tab Completion of filenames/dirs has stopped working. In-reply-to: To: zzapper , zsh-users@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1051212154455.ZM21447@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <55rqp15c6h2284gtprt53p6ie9p64g34vo@4ax.com> Comments: In reply to zzapper "Re: Tab Completion of filenames/dirs has stopped working." (Dec 12, 1:02pm) On Dec 12, 1:02pm, zzapper wrote: } } It's solved if I comment out } } compinit -i The -i flag tell compinit to check for files or directories that might be writable by a malicious third party, and to ignore them. It also warns you about which files/directories it is ignoring. So apparently when your latest version was installed, permissions or file ownership on the completion directories in $fpath were left in an insecure state.