RC.CHK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: December 31, 1989
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NAME

rc.chk - Checks contents of /etc/rc* file(s) for potential danger.

SYNOPSIS

rc.chk

DESCRIPTION

rc.chk checks pathnames and files inside the shell script files /etc/rc* (e.g. /etc/rc, /etc/rc.local, etc.) for writability. It filters out all paths or files that have a /tmp, /dev/null, or /dev/*ty, plus everything after a ">"; e.g. if crontab is writing to a file it doesn't care.

FILES

/etc/rc*

BUGS

Awk runs out of room ("bails out") if too many files are found in the /etc/rc* files.

Spurious messages can occur -- rc.chk only uses a approximation of which files should be checked. Also, Unless a file has a full pathname (i.e. begins with a "/", it will not be checked for writability.

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