wireshark/wsutil/privileges.h

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/** @file
* Declarations of routines for handling privileges.
*
* Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
* Copyright 2006 Gerald Combs
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
*/
#ifndef __PRIVILEGES_H__
#define __PRIVILEGES_H__
#include "ws_symbol_export.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* Called when the program starts, to enable security features and save
* whatever credential information we'll need later.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void init_process_policies(void);
/**
* Was this program started with special privileges? get_credential_info()
* MUST be called before calling this.
* @return TRUE if the program was started with special privileges,
* FALSE otherwise.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC gboolean started_with_special_privs(void);
/**
* Is this program running with special privileges? get_credential_info()
* MUST be called before calling this.
* @return TRUE if the program is running with special privileges,
* FALSE otherwise.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC gboolean running_with_special_privs(void);
/**
* Permanently relinquish special privileges. get_credential_info()
* MUST be called before calling this.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void relinquish_special_privs_perm(void);
/**
* Get the current username. String must be g_free()d after use.
* @return A freshly g_alloc()ed string containing the username,
* or "UNKNOWN" on failure.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC gchar *get_cur_username(void);
/**
* Get the current group. String must be g_free()d after use.
* @return A freshly g_alloc()ed string containing the group,
* or "UNKNOWN" on failure.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC gchar *get_cur_groupname(void);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* __PRIVILEGES_H__ */