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authorGravatar Thomas Guyot-Sionnest <dermoth@aei.ca> 2014-01-25 04:22:09 -0500
committerGravatar Thomas Guyot-Sionnest <dermoth@aei.ca> 2014-01-25 04:22:09 -0500
commit68fe713335183dd37ced78821711c2a3f1ea2cc7 (patch)
treeb558cc2a200249002d2716a9e3803c272fb01aaf /lib/utils_base.h
parent25a289f307270bb8f814a2df923aeab50acd50c6 (diff)
downloadmonitoring-plugins-68fe713335183dd37ced78821711c2a3f1ea2cc7.tar.gz
Ignore MP_STATE_DIRECTORY in suid plugins
If a plugin still has suid privileges at the time np_enable_state() is called, the MP_STATE_DIRECTORY environment will be ignored. There is no need for a NEWS entry as no suid plugins use np_enable_state yet.
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diff --git a/lib/utils_base.h b/lib/utils_base.h
index 86adecf8..b4bd92ee 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.h
+++ b/lib/utils_base.h
@@ -102,4 +102,8 @@ void np_init(char *, int argc, char **argv);
void np_set_args(int argc, char **argv);
void np_cleanup();
+/* mp_suid() returns true if the real and effective uids differs, such as when
+ * running a suid plugin */
+#define mp_suid() (getuid() != geteuid())
+
#endif /* _UTILS_BASE_ */