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Merge
author Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de>
date Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:55:16 +0000
parents 17e1c8f37d72
children 78959fd970b0
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/* Copyright (C) 2014 by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
 * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
 *
 * This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
 * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
 * See LICENSE.txt for details.
 */
#ifndef COMMON_UTIL_H
#define COMMON_UTIL_H
/* @file util.h
 * @brief The usual useful stuff that fit nowhere else
 */
#include <stdbool.h>

/**@brief Check if the current process is running with elevated privileges.
 *
 * Elevates the current process token to check if it is marked as elevated.
 * Uses TokenElevation on windows and checks effective UID on Linux.
 *
 * @returns true if the current process is elevated.*/
bool is_elevated();

#endif // COMMON_UTIL_H

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