From ba21e26443385dd283d08e0419ff6ff25fedd0e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Wagner Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 12:58:04 +0200 Subject: check_icmp/check_dhcp: disable check, if we are root As it is possible to use capabilities(7) on linux or solaris privileges for example, it is not necessary in all cases to have those binaries making use of setuid. --- plugins-root/check_dhcp.c | 3 --- plugins-root/check_icmp.c | 3 --- 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'plugins-root') diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c index b69a10da..b874c555 100644 --- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c +++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c @@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){ usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments")); } - /* this plugin almost certainly needs root permissions. */ - np_warn_if_not_root(); - /* create socket for DHCP communications */ dhcp_socket=create_dhcp_socket(); diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c index 4b4197d8..8b563e40 100644 --- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c +++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c @@ -383,9 +383,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR); textdomain (PACKAGE); - /* print a helpful error message if geteuid != 0 */ - np_warn_if_not_root(); - /* we only need to be setsuid when we get the sockets, so do * that before pointer magic (esp. on network data) */ icmp_sockerrno = udp_sockerrno = tcp_sockerrno = sockets = 0; -- cgit v1.2.3