SECURE_PATH(3) | Library Functions Manual | SECURE_PATH(3)

# NAME

`secure_path` —
determine if a file appears to be ``secure''

# LIBRARY

System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <util.h>`

int
`secure_path`(const char *path);

# DESCRIPTION

The `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.

# SEE ALSO

openlog(3)

# HISTORY

The `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 9.2