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A portable version of OpenBSD's privsep/sandboxed file(1) utility

This is an UNOFFICIAL version of Nicholas Marriott's new privsep file(1) implementation for OpenBSD (..introduced in 5.8); portability changes were written by me, brynet@. General bug fixes should be reported to the OpenBSD mailing lists and tested against the latest CVS version.

  • Linux seccomp-bpf sandbox support derived from portable OpenSSH.

Quick/dirty build & install instructions for Linux (glibc): $ sudo useradd -r -s /usr/sbin/nologin _file $ ./configure && make && sudo make install $ sudo install -b -c -o root -g root -m 444 ./magic /etc/magic

This project makes no attempt at coexisting with other file(1) implementations. Take note before installing system wide.

Any bugs introduced in this porting effort are mine.