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Diffstat (limited to 'tfshark.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tfshark.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -821,9 +821,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) #endif /* _WIN32 */ /* - * Get credential information for later use. + * Get credential information for later use, and drop privileges + * before doing anything else. + * Let the user know if anything happened. */ init_process_policies(); + relinquish_special_privs_perm(); + print_current_user(); /* * Attempt to get the pathname of the executable file. @@ -1427,14 +1431,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) * We're reading a capture file. */ - /* - * Immediately relinquish any special privileges we have; we must not - * be allowed to read any capture files the user running TShark - * can't open. - */ - relinquish_special_privs_perm(); - print_current_user(); - /* TODO: if tfshark is ever changed to give the user a choice of which open_routine reader to use, then the following needs to change. */ if (cf_open(&cfile, cf_name, WTAP_TYPE_AUTO, FALSE, &err) != CF_OK) { |