62 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
62 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: securepath.3,v 1.2 2000/01/13 06:16:48 mjl Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996,1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
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.\" Inc.
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.\" BSDI login_cap.3,v 1.4 1997/11/07 16:22:27 jch Exp
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.\"
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.Dd "July 16, 1996"
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.Dt SECUREPATH 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 "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 0 if the path name is secure, -1
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if not.
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To be secure a path must
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exist,
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be a regular file (and not a directory),
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owned by root,
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and only writable by the owner (root).
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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function appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 .
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