2 * Declarations of routines for handling privileges.
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
8 * Copyright 2006 Gerald Combs
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25 #ifndef __PRIVILEGES_H__
26 #define __PRIVILEGES_H__
33 * Called when the program starts, to enable security features and save
34 * whatever credential information we'll need later.
36 extern void init_process_policies(void);
39 * Was this program started with special privileges? get_credential_info()
40 * MUST be called before calling this.
41 * @return TRUE if the program was started with special privileges,
44 extern gboolean started_with_special_privs(void);
47 * Is this program running with special privileges? get_credential_info()
48 * MUST be called before calling this.
49 * @return TRUE if the program is running with special privileges,
52 extern gboolean running_with_special_privs(void);
55 * Permanently relinquish special privileges. get_credential_info()
56 * MUST be called before calling this.
58 extern void relinquish_special_privs_perm(void);
61 * Get the current username. String must be g_free()d after use.
62 * @return A freshly g_alloc()ed string containing the username,
63 * or "UNKNOWN" on failure.
65 extern gchar *get_cur_username(void);
68 * Get the current group. String must be g_free()d after use.
69 * @return A freshly g_alloc()ed string containing the group,
70 * or "UNKNOWN" on failure.
72 extern gchar *get_cur_groupname(void);
76 * Check to see if npf.sys is running.
77 * @return TRUE if npf.sys is running, FALSE if it's not or if there was
78 * an error checking its status.
80 extern gboolean npf_sys_is_running();
85 #endif /* __cplusplus */
87 #endif /* __PRIVILEGES_H__ */