SECURE_PATH(3) | Library Functions Manual | SECURE_PATH(3) |
secure_path
—
#include <util.h>
int
secure_path
(const
char *path);
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.
secure_path
() function is based on the
BSD/OS implementation of same, and appeared in
NetBSD 1.5 by kind permission.
May 4, 2010 | NetBSD 9.0 |