wireshark/wsutil/privileges.h

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/* privileges.h
* Declarations of routines for handling privileges.
*
* Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
* Copyright 2006 Gerald Combs
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/
#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 _WIN32
/**
* Check to see if npf.sys is running.
* @return TRUE if npf.sys is running, FALSE if it's not or if there was
* an error checking its status.
*/
WS_DLL_PUBLIC gboolean npf_sys_is_running();
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* __PRIVILEGES_H__ */