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SECURE_PATH(3)            NetBSD Programmer's 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 ref-
     erenced 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 su-
     per-user.


SEE ALSO

     openlog(3)


HISTORY

     The secure_path function is based on the BSD/OS implementation of same,
     and appeared in NetBSD 1.5 by kind permission.

NetBSD 1.6.2                     July 16, 1996                               1