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-rw-r--r--lib/utils_base.c13
-rw-r--r--lib/utils_base.h3
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index 55d35fdd..addf26bd 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -300,19 +300,6 @@ char *np_escaped_string (const char *string) {
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;
-}
-
/*
* Extract the value from key/value pairs, or return NULL. The value returned
* can be free()ed.
diff --git a/lib/utils_base.h b/lib/utils_base.h
index d69b0da1..42ae0c09 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.h
+++ b/lib/utils_base.h
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ void die (int, const char *, ...) __attribute__((noreturn,format(printf, 2, 3)))
/* a simple check to see if we're running as root.
* returns zero on failure, nonzero on success */
int np_check_if_root(void);
-/* and a helpful wrapper around that. it returns the same status
- * code from the above function, in case it's helpful for testing */
-int np_warn_if_not_root(void);
/* mp_suid() returns true if the real and effective uids differs, such as when
* running a suid plugin */