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authormjl <mjl@NetBSD.org>2000-01-12 05:02:10 +0000
committermjl <mjl@NetBSD.org>2000-01-12 05:02:10 +0000
commit142f369443ea01931a0e5ec4fcd3a9e7f13bd951 (patch)
treedde9d36f3bed128d35df56afe0d9463bf8bc58e7 /lib/libutil/securepath.3
parentd16fa2828e8de48e0ba114254dc68f2eadb833df (diff)
Add necessary support routines for login.conf.
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+.\" $NetBSD: securepath.3,v 1.1 2000/01/12 05:02:10 mjl Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996,1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" Inc.
+.\" 4. The name of Berkeley Software Design, Inc. may not be used to endorse
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+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" BSDI login_cap.3,v 1.4 1997/11/07 16:22:27 jch Exp
+.\"
+.Dd "July 16, 1996"
+.Dt SECUREPATH 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).
+.El