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.\" from BSDI: login_cap.3,v 1.4 1997/11/07 16:22:27 jch Exp
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.Dd "July 16, 1996"
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.Dt SECURE_PATH 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm secure_path
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.Nd determine if a file appears to be ``secure''
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libutil
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <util.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn secure_path "const char *path"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn secure_path
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function takes a path name and returns zero if the referenced file is
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``secure'', non-zero if not. Any ``insecurity'', other than failure to access
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the referenced file, will be logged to the system log.
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.Pp
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To be ``secure'', the referenced file must exist, be a regular file (and not a
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directory), owned by the super-user, and writable only by the super-user.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr openlog 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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function is based on the BSD/OS implementation of same
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and appeared in
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.Nx 1.5
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by kind permission.
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