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SECURE_PATH(3)		 BSD 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 ref‐
     erenced 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.

BSD				  May 4, 2010				   BSD

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