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authoritojun <itojun@NetBSD.org>2000-07-07 11:05:06 +0000
committeritojun <itojun@NetBSD.org>2000-07-07 11:05:06 +0000
commitb596a9b1043dfd9887c93283aaa41b3194fcc3bc (patch)
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rename securepath.3 into secure_path.3, as the function is named secure_path().
it is too hard to guess...
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+.\" $NetBSD: secure_path.3,v 1.1 2000/07/07 11:05:07 itojun Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996,1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" 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 <util.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn secure_path "char *path"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn secure_path
+function takes a path name and returns 0 if the path name is secure, -1
+if not.
+To be secure a path must
+exist,
+be a regular file (and not a directory),
+owned by root,
+and only writable by the owner (root).
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+function is based on the BSD/OS implementation of same
+and appeared in
+.Nx 1.5
+by kind permission.