IS_ABLE.CHK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Jan 4, 1991
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NAME

is_able.chk - Check for write/read-ability of files listed a configuration file.

SYNOPSIS

is_able.chk

DESCRIPTION

is_able.chk checks all files listed in the file is_able.lst to see if files are either write/read-able by group or by all, or if they are setuid/setgid, or a combination of these.

is_able.lst is merely a list of files (or regular expressions representing a file or files), one per line, that are checked by is_able. Any line starting with a "#" is ignored, and any file checked for writability also checks the parent directories (if a complete path is given) for writeability.

EXAMPLE

#   Lines are of the format:
#       /path/to/file
/etc/*
/.profile

FILES

is_able.lst

Bugs

When using wildcards and checking a directory with a lot of files, overflow of the shell variables can occur, causing incorrect arguments to be passed to the driving program.

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