Hi there.

First of all, I am new here and would like to say
"Hello" to all you guys on this list.

Now the question:
I am developing a simple program under Linux, that is to use RAW sockets. Therefore it *requires* root
priviledges.
Does anyone know how to check for them _before_ I get an AV trying to send using a RAW socket? :)
[Obviously, I handle the exception, but I need to tell the user they need root privs]

TIA
Mike

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Normally, you can do getuid or geteuid to get the user ID, if it is zero, you know it's the root user.

Michael.

Normally, you can do getuid or geteuid to get the user ID, if it is zero, you know it's the root user.

As simple as that, wow. :)

Thanks
Mike

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