[bug #65609] [wishlist] give find a "secure" or "safe" option

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                 Summary: [wishlist] give find a "secure" or "safe" option
                   Group: findutils
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Thu 18 Apr 2024 01:36:17 PM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: John Devitofranceschi
        Originator Email: jdvf@yahoo.com
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.6.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None


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Date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 01:36:17 PM UTC By: Anonymous
This is a "wishlist" item.

The 'top' command has a "secure" command line option (-s)

I think that it would be useful for find to also have a secure or safe option.
This option would inhibit potentially destructive or system/file altering
actions (eg, prevent -ok* -fprint* -exec* -delete, etc)

This would be useful to simplify the specification of "read-only" find
execution via 'sudo' and similar privilege escalation tools.

jd







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