fileperm

Documentation

Overview

Package fileperm contains functions to check permissions on files.

Index

• Variables
• func PermissionCheck(file *os.File) error

Variables

var (
	// ErrWriteable is returned for files that are writeable by somebody other than root and process owner.
	ErrWriteable = errors.New("other than user can write")
	// ErrIrregular is returned for files that are not regular files, including symlinks.
	ErrIrregular = errors.New("not a regular file")
	// ErrOwner is returned for files that are owned by anybody but root or process owner.
	ErrOwner = errors.New("not owned by root or process")
)

Functions

func PermissionCheck

func PermissionCheck(file *os.File) error

PermissionCheck verifies that an open file is 1) Regular 2) Not writeable by group/other 3) Owned by root or eUID. Both the file handle and the full path to file are required. The file must have been opened by absolute path.