libi2ncommon: (tomj) implemented drop_root_priviledges using new User/Group classes

[libi2ncommon] / src / daemonfunc.hpp

/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Intra2net AG - Thomas Jarosch                   *
 *   thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com                                          *
 *   http://www.intra2net.com                                              *
 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef DAEMONFUNC_H
#define DAEMONFUNC_H

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

/// Collection of functions for daemons
namespace I2n
{
namespace daemon
{
void daemonize();

bool drop_root_privileges(const std::string &username,
                          const std::string &group, bool get_group_from_user=false);

bool pid_of(const std::string& name, std::vector< pid_t >& result);
}
}

#endif