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40 .Nd determine if a file appears to be ``secure''
46 .Fn secure_path "const char *path"
50 function takes a path name and returns zero if the referenced file is
55 other than failure to access
56 the referenced file, will be logged to the system log.
60 the referenced file must exist, be a regular file (and not a
61 directory), owned by the super-user, and writable only by the super-user.
67 function is based on the
69 implementation of same, and appeared in