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SECURE_PATH(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
SECURE_PATH(3) |
NAME
secure_path — determine if a file appears to be ``secure''
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h>
int
secure_path(const char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The
secure_path() function takes a path name and returns zero if the referenced file is “secure”, non-zero if not. Any “insecurity”, other than failure to access the referenced file, will be logged to the system log.
To be “secure”, the referenced file must exist, be a regular file (and not a directory), owned by the super-user, and writable only by the super-user.
HISTORY
The secure_path() function is based on the BSD/OS implementation of same, and appeared in NetBSD 1.5 by kind permission.
