v1.13.0

ADDED:
* Convenience functions to determine if a process is running in an
  elevated/dropped privileges context

types_linux.go

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+package sysutils
+
+import (
+	`golang.org/x/sys/unix`
+)
+
+/*
+IDState collects information about the current running process.
+It should only be used as returned from GetIDState().
+Its methods WILL return false information if any of these values are altered.
+
+FSUID/FSGID are not supported.
+*/
+type IDState struct {
+	// RUID: Real UID
+	RUID int
+	// EUID: Effective UID
+	EUID int
+	// SUID: Saved Set UID
+	SUID int
+	// RGID: Real GID
+	RGID int
+	// EGID: Effective GID
+	EGID int
+	// SGID: Saved Set GID
+	SGID int
+	// SudoEnvUser is true if SUDO_USER or SUDO_UID is set.
+	SudoEnvUser bool
+	// SudoEnvGroup is true if SUDO_GID is set.
+	SudoEnvGroup bool
+	// SudoEnvCmd is true if SUDO_COMMAND is set.
+	SudoEnvCmd bool
+	// SudoEnvHome is true if SUDO_HOME is set.
+	SudoEnvHome bool
+	// SudoEnvVars is true if any of the "well-known" sudo environment variables are set.
+	SudoEnvVars bool
+	// PPIDUidMatch is true if the parent PID UID matches the current process UID (mismatch usually indicates sudo invocation).
+	PPIDUidMatch bool
+	// PPIDGidMatch is true if the parent PID GID matches the current process GID (mismatch usually indicates sudo invocation).
+	PPIDGidMatch bool
+	// uidsChecked is true if the RUID, EUID, and SUID have been populated. (They will be 0 if unset OR if root.)
+	uidsChecked bool
+	// gidsChecked is true if the RGID, EGID, and SGID have been populated. (They will be 0 if unset OR if root.)
+	gidsChecked bool
+	// sudoChecked is true if the SudoEnvVars is set.
+	sudoChecked bool
+	// ppidUidChecked is true if the PPIDUidMatch is set.
+	ppidUidChecked bool
+	// ppidGidChecked is true if the PPIDGidMatch is set.
+	ppidGidChecked bool
+	// stat holds the stat information for the parent PID.
+	stat *unix.Stat_t
+}