/* privileges.h * Declarations of routines for handling privileges. * * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer * By Gerald Combs * 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__ */