X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fdns.c;h=53128396232b848c34645010dcbc64d36eac1281;hb=448627953cde2f7b3b138f53f4f2c62f0d48b726;hp=17f879674d0eff3025d88b0035adfaa02bce627b;hpb=063a5e75b36173e89ffa18d32d47509f6ef968ec;p=collectd.git

diff --git a/src/dns.c b/src/dns.c
index 17f87967..53128396 100644
--- a/src/dns.c
+++ b/src/dns.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 
 #include <pcap.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H
+# include <sys/capability.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Private data types
  */
@@ -347,6 +351,20 @@ 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 */
 
@@ -390,7 +408,6 @@ static int dns_read (void)
 	unsigned int keys[T_MAX];
 	unsigned int values[T_MAX];
 	int len;
-	int i;
 
 	counter_list_t *ptr;
 
@@ -412,7 +429,7 @@ 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]);
@@ -428,7 +445,7 @@ 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]);
@@ -444,7 +461,7 @@ 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]);