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+/* privileges.h
+ * Declarations of routines for handling privileges.
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Called when the program starts, to save whatever credential information
+ * we'll need later.
+ */
+extern void get_credential_info(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.
+ */
+extern 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.
+ */
+extern gboolean running_with_special_privs(void);
+
+/**
+ * Permanently relinquish special privileges. get_credential_info()
+ * MUST be called before calling this.
+ */
+extern 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.
+ */
+extern 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.
+ */
+extern 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.
+ */
+extern gboolean npf_sys_is_running();
+#endif