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+/** @file
+ * Declarations of routines for handling privileges.
+ *
+ * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
+ * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
+ * Copyright 2006 Gerald Combs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef __PRIVILEGES_H__
+#define __PRIVILEGES_H__
+
+#include <wireshark.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Called when the program starts, to enable security features and save
+ * whatever credential information we'll need later.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC void init_process_policies(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.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool 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.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool running_with_special_privs(void);
+
+/**
+ * Permanently relinquish special privileges. get_credential_info()
+ * MUST be called before calling this.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC 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.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *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.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_cur_groupname(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#endif /* __PRIVILEGES_H__ */