# check that a file is properly owned, and that all it's parent
# directories are not group/other writable
check_key_file_permissions() {
# check that a file is properly owned, and that all it's parent
# directories are not group/other writable
check_key_file_permissions() {
- # return 0 is path does not exist
- [ -e "$path" ] || return 0
+ # return 255 if cannot stat file
+ if ! stat=$(ls -ld "$path" 2>/dev/null) ; then
+ log error "could not stat path '$path'."
+ return 255
+ fi
- owner=$(ls -l "$path" | awk '{ print $3 }')
- gAccess=$(ls -l "$path" | cut -c6)
- oAccess=$(ls -l "$path" | cut -c9)
+ owner=$(echo "$stat" | awk '{ print $3 }')
+ gAccess=$(echo "$stat" | cut -c6)
+ oAccess=$(echo "$stat" | cut -c9)
- # check owner
- if [ "$owner" != "$user" -a "$owner" != 'root' ] ; then
+ # return 1 if path has invalid owner
+ if [ "$owner" != "$uname" -a "$owner" != 'root' ] ; then
+ log error "improper ownership on path '$path'."