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SECURE_PATH(3)          NetBSD 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 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 super-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 8.2 May 4, 2010 NetBSD 8.2

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