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from BSDI: login_cap.3,v 1.4 1997/11/07 16:22:27 jch Exp
.Dd July 16, 1996 .Dt SECURE_PATH 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm secure_path .Nd determine if a file appears to be ``secure'' .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libutil .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] .Ft int .Fn secure_path "const char *path" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn secure_path function takes a path name and returns zero if the referenced file is .Dq secure , non-zero if not. Any .Dq insecurity , other than failure to access the referenced file, will be logged to the system log.
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from BSDI: login_cap.3,v 1.4 1997/11/07 16:22:27 jch Exp
.Dd July 16, 1996 .Dt SECURE_PATH 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm secure_path .Nd determine if a file appears to be ``secure'' .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libutil .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] .Ft int .Fn secure_path "const char *path" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn secure_path function takes a path name and returns zero if the referenced file is .Dq secure , non-zero if not. Any .Dq insecurity , other than failure to access the referenced file, will be logged to the system log.
p To be .Dq 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. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr openlog 3 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm function is based on the sx implementation of same, and appeared in .Nx 1.5 by kind permission.