/* 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>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**@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();

/**@brief Check if the user is in the administrators group.
 *
 * The function checks if the account that startet this process
 * belongs to a user that is a member of the Administrators group.
 *
 * @returns True if the user is in the admin group. False otherwise or on error.
 */
bool is_admin();

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif // COMMON_UTIL_H