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[nagiosplug.git] / lib / utils_base.c

diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index db21ea15b47a746d0762fddca98129a4b1ce589b..c0bc4dc55de583d8a23fa5a9c585077f2c36116c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
- *
- * utils_base.c
- *
- * Library of useful functions for plugins
- * These functions are tested with libtap. See tests/ directory
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Nagios Plugin Development Team
- * License: GPL
- *
- * $Revision$
- * $Date$
- ****************************************************************************/
+*
+* utils_base.c
+*
+* License: GPL
+* Copyright (c) 2006 Nagios Plugins Development Team
+*
+* Last Modified: $Date$
+*
+* Library of useful functions for plugins
+* 
+*
+* 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+* 
+* $Id$
+*
+*****************************************************************************/
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "common.h"
@@ -228,3 +243,18 @@ char *np_escaped_string (const char *string) {
        data[j] = '\0';
        return data;
 }
+
+int np_check_if_root(void) { return (geteuid() == 0); }
+
+int np_warn_if_not_root(void) {
+       int status = np_check_if_root();
+       if(!status) {
+               printf(_("Warning: "));
+               printf(_("This plugin must be either run as root or setuid root.\n"));
+               printf(_("To run as root, you can use a tool like sudo.\n"));
+               printf(_("To set the setuid permissions, use the command:\n"));
+               /* XXX could we use something like progname? */
+               printf("\tchmod u+s yourpluginfile\n");
+       }
+       return status;
+}