From 0dca49ae4e6f488e77b05c97b2988e4962c303b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: octo <octo>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:37:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Check for superuser privileges at startup.

---
 src/oping.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/oping.c b/src/oping.c
index 0c799863..07f0cec6 100644
--- a/src/oping.c
+++ b/src/oping.c
@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	int optind;
 	int i;
 
+	if (geteuid () != 0)
+	{
+		fprintf (stderr, "Need superuser privileges to open a RAW socket. Sorry.\n");
+		return (1);
+	}
+
 	optind = read_options (argc, argv);
 
 	if (optind >= argc)
-- 
2.30.2