oping: Drop root privileges as soon as possible.

[liboping.git] / src / oping.c

diff --git a/src/oping.c b/src/oping.c
index 23d9986..3201e85 100644 (file)
--- a/src/oping.c
+++ b/src/oping.c
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
                }
        }
 
+       /* Drop root privileges if we're setuid-root. */
+       setuid (getuid ());
+
        i = 0;
        for (iter = ping_iterator_get (ping);
                        iter != NULL;
@@ -372,7 +375,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
                if (ping_send (ping) < 0)
                {
-                       fprintf (stderr, "ping_send failed\n");
+                       fprintf (stderr, "ping_send failed: %s\n",
+                                       ping_get_error (ping));
                        return (1);
                }