X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fdns.c;h=0494b4baeb20494f3a00fdb629eb2d738b637077;hb=51181b899668ad2c232a152d6e5e787c4eb049cc;hp=5930dc5033ad85e74ae0f01a5d592a0086f71ad0;hpb=3fae5596643f1e361eb18c3d65448f8bc02fdd80;p=collectd.git

diff --git a/src/dns.c b/src/dns.c
index 5930dc50..0494b4ba 100644
--- a/src/dns.c
+++ b/src/dns.c
@@ -25,15 +25,19 @@
 #define _BSD_SOURCE
 
 #include "collectd.h"
+
 #include "common.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
-#include "configfile.h"
 
 #include "utils_dns.h"
 #include <poll.h>
 
 #include <pcap.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H
+# include <sys/capability.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Private data types
  */
@@ -346,6 +350,20 @@ static int dns_init (void)
 
 	listen_thread_init = 1;
 
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H) && defined(CAP_NET_RAW)
+	if (check_capability (CAP_NET_RAW) != 0)
+	{
+		if (getuid () == 0)
+			WARNING ("dns plugin: Running collectd as root, but the CAP_NET_RAW "
+					"capability is missing. The plugin's read function will probably "
+					"fail. Is your init system dropping capabilities?");
+		else
+			WARNING ("dns plugin: collectd doesn't have the CAP_NET_RAW capability. "
+					"If you don't want to run collectd as root, try running \"setcap "
+					"cap_net_raw=ep\" on the collectd binary.");
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return (0);
 } /* int dns_init */
 
@@ -389,7 +407,6 @@ static int dns_read (void)
 	unsigned int keys[T_MAX];
 	unsigned int values[T_MAX];
 	int len;
-	int i;
 
 	counter_list_t *ptr;
 
@@ -411,7 +428,7 @@ static int dns_read (void)
 	}
 	pthread_mutex_unlock (&qtype_mutex);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
 	{
 		DEBUG ("dns plugin: qtype = %u; counter = %u;", keys[i], values[i]);
 		submit_derive ("dns_qtype", qtype_str (keys[i]), values[i]);
@@ -427,7 +444,7 @@ static int dns_read (void)
 	}
 	pthread_mutex_unlock (&opcode_mutex);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
 	{
 		DEBUG ("dns plugin: opcode = %u; counter = %u;", keys[i], values[i]);
 		submit_derive ("dns_opcode", opcode_str (keys[i]), values[i]);
@@ -443,7 +460,7 @@ static int dns_read (void)
 	}
 	pthread_mutex_unlock (&rcode_mutex);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
 	{
 		DEBUG ("dns plugin: rcode = %u; counter = %u;", keys[i], values[i]);
 		submit_derive ("dns_rcode", rcode_str (keys[i]), values[i]);