v1.13.1

ADDED:
* ispriv, which returns some information useful for determining if
  running with extra permissions, in sudo, etc.

TODO

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+- refactor the elevation detection stuff. I'm not terribly happy with it.
+
 - password generator utility/library
+-- incorporate with r00t2.io/pwgen
 -- incorporate with https://github.com/tredoe/osutil ?
--- cli flag to dump flat hashes too
+-- cli flag to dump flat hashes too (https://github.com/hlandau/passlib and others soon in pwgen)
---- https://github.com/hlandau/passlib
--- incoprporated separately; https://git.r00t2.io/r00t2/PWGen (import r00t2.io/pwgen)
 
 - auger needs to be build-constrained to linux.
 

funcs_idstate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package sysutils
+
+// Checked consolidates all the provided checked functions.
+func (i *IDState) Checked() (checked bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checked = i.uidsChecked &&
+		i.gidsChecked &&
+		i.sudoChecked &&
+		i.ppidUidChecked &&
+		i.ppidGidChecked
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+IsReal consolidates all the elevation/dropped-privs checks into a single method.
+
+It will only return true if no sudo was detected and *all* UIDs/GIDs match.
+*/
+func (i *IDState) IsReal(real bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	real = true
+
+	for _, b := range []bool{
+		i.IsSuid(),
+		i.IsSgid(),
+		i.IsSudoUser(),
+		i.IsSudoGroup(),
+	} {
+		if b {
+			real = false
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+IsSudoGroup is true if any of the group sudo env vars are set,
+or the parent process has a different group (and is not PID 1).
+
+It will always return false if SudoChecked returns false oor PPIDGIDsChecked returns false.
+*/
+func (i *IDState) IsSudoGroup() (sudo bool) {
+
+	if i == nil || !i.sudoChecked || !i.ppidGidChecked {
+		return
+	}
+
+	sudo = i.SudoEnvGroup || !i.PPIDGidMatch
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+IsSudoUser is true if any of the user sudo env vars are set,
+or the parent process has a different owner (and is not PID 1).
+
+It will always return false if SudoChecked returns false or PPIDUIDsChecked returns false.
+*/
+func (i *IDState) IsSudoUser() (sudo bool) {
+
+	if i == nil || !i.sudoChecked || !i.ppidUidChecked {
+		return
+	}
+
+	sudo = i.SudoEnvUser || !i.PPIDUidMatch
+
+	return
+}
+
+// IsSuid is true if the RUID does not match EUID or SUID. It will always return false if UIDsChecked returns false.
+func (i *IDState) IsSuid() (suid bool) {
+
+	if i == nil || !i.uidsChecked {
+		return
+	}
+
+	suid = i.RUID != i.EUID || i.RUID != i.SUID
+
+	return
+}
+
+// IsSgid is true if the RGID does not match EGID or SGID. It will always return false if GIDsChecked returns false.
+func (i *IDState) IsSgid() (sgid bool) {
+
+	if i == nil || !i.gidsChecked {
+		return
+	}
+
+	sgid = i.RGID != i.EGID || i.RGID != i.SGID
+
+	return
+}
+
+// GIDsChecked is true if the GIDs presented can be trusted.
+func (i *IDState) GIDsChecked() (checked bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checked = i.gidsChecked
+
+	return
+}
+
+// PPIDGIDsChecked is true if PPIDGidMatch can be trusted.
+func (i *IDState) PPIDGIDsChecked() (checked bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checked = i.ppidGidChecked
+
+	return
+}
+
+// PPIDUIDsChecked is true if PPIDUidMatch can be trusted.
+func (i *IDState) PPIDUIDsChecked() (checked bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checked = i.ppidUidChecked
+
+	return
+}
+
+// SudoChecked is true if SudoEnvVars can be trusted
+func (i *IDState) SudoChecked() (checked bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checked = i.sudoChecked
+
+	return
+}
+
+// UIDsChecked is true if the UIDs presented can be trusted.
+func (i *IDState) UIDsChecked() (checked bool) {
+
+	if i == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checked = i.uidsChecked
+
+	return
+}

funcs_linux.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package sysutils
+
+import (
+	`fmt`
+	`os`
+
+	`golang.org/x/sys/unix`
+	`r00t2.io/sysutils/envs`
+)
+
+// GetIDState returns current ID/elevation information. An IDState should *not* be explicitly created/defined.
+func GetIDState() (ids IDState) {
+
+	var err error
+
+	ids.RUID, ids.EUID, ids.SUID = unix.Getresuid()
+	ids.uidsChecked = true
+	ids.RGID, ids.EGID, ids.SGID = unix.Getresgid()
+	ids.gidsChecked = true
+
+	ids.SudoEnvCmd = envs.HasEnv("SUDO_COMMAND")
+	ids.SudoEnvHome = envs.HasEnv("SUDO_HOME")
+	ids.SudoEnvGroup = envs.HasEnv("SUDO_GID")
+	ids.SudoEnvUser = envs.HasEnv("SUDO_UID") || envs.HasEnv("SUDO_USER")
+	if ids.SudoEnvCmd || ids.SudoEnvHome || ids.SudoEnvGroup || ids.SudoEnvUser {
+		ids.SudoEnvVars = true
+	}
+	ids.sudoChecked = true
+
+	// PID 1 will *always* be root, so that can return a false positive for sudo.
+	if os.Getppid() != 1 {
+		ids.stat = new(unix.Stat_t)
+		if err = unix.Stat(
+			fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/stat", os.Getppid()),
+			ids.stat,
+		); err != nil {
+			err = nil
+		} else {
+			ids.PPIDUidMatch = ids.RUID == int(ids.stat.Uid)
+			ids.ppidUidChecked = true
+			ids.PPIDGidMatch = ids.RGID == int(ids.stat.Gid)
+			ids.ppidGidChecked = true
+		}
+	} else {
+		ids.ppidUidChecked = true
+		ids.ppidGidChecked = true
+	}
+
+	return
+}

go.mod

@@ -6,8 +6,19 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/djherbis/times v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.9.0
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.25.5
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.15.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0
 	honnef.co/go/augeas v0.0.0-20161110001225-ca62e35ed6b8
-	r00t2.io/goutils v1.7.1
+	r00t2.io/goutils v1.8.1
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.8.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20250317134145-8bc96cf8fc35 // indirect
+	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
+	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.15 // indirect
+	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 )

go.sum

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ispriv/consts_nix.go

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package ispriv
+
+const (
+	sudoEnvPfx   string = "SUDO_"
+	sudoUidEnv   string = sudoEnvPfx + "UID"
+	sudoGidEnv   string = sudoEnvPfx + "GID"
+	sudoUnameEnv string = sudoEnvPfx + "USER"
+)
+
+const (
+	curLoginUidFile string = "/proc/self/loginuid"
+)

ispriv/doc_nix.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+/*
+ispriv provides functions and a method to determine if a process is being run SUID/SGID, under sudo, etc.
+*/
+
+package ispriv

ispriv/doc_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+/*
+ispriv provides functions on Windows to determine the currentl privilege status.
+*/
+
+package ispriv

ispriv/funcs_nix.go

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package ispriv
+
+import (
+	`os`
+
+	`github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/process`
+)
+
+/*
+	GetProcIDs returns a ProcIDs from a given PID. An error will be raised if the process ID doesn't exist.
+	A negative value indicates "self" (see also GetProcIDsSelf).
+
+	Note that if you are not EUID == 0 (root) or you/the sudo target user does not own the process,
+	the returning ProcIDs is HIGHLY LIKELY to be very inaccurate.
+*/
+func GetProcIDs(pid int32) (p *ProcIDs, err error) {
+
+	var proc ProcIDs
+	var ids []uint32
+
+	if pid < 0 {
+		pid = int32(os.Getpid())
+	}
+
+	if proc.proc, err = process.NewProcess(pid); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if ids, err = proc.proc.Gids(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	p.gids = &IdInfo{
+		real:       uint(ids[0]),
+		effective:  uint(ids[1]),
+		savedSet:   uint(ids[2]),
+		filesystem: nil,
+	}
+	if len(ids) == 4 {
+		p.gids.filesystem = new(uint)
+		*p.gids.filesystem = uint(ids[3])
+	}
+	if ids, err = proc.proc.Uids(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	p.uids = &IdInfo{
+		real:       uint(ids[0]),
+		effective:  uint(ids[1]),
+		savedSet:   uint(ids[2]),
+		filesystem: nil,
+	}
+	if len(ids) == 4 {
+		p.uids.filesystem = new(uint)
+		*p.uids.filesystem = uint(ids[3])
+	}
+
+	p = &proc
+
+	return
+}
+
+// GetProcIDsSelf returns a ProcIDs from the current process' PID.
+func GetProcIDsSelf() (p *ProcIDs, err error) {
+
+	p, err = GetProcIDs(int32(os.Getpid()))
+
+	return
+}

ispriv/funcs_procids_nix.go

@@ -0,0 +1,426 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package ispriv
+
+import (
+	`errors`
+	`os`
+	`os/user`
+	`strconv`
+	`strings`
+
+	`github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/process`
+	`golang.org/x/sys/unix`
+	`r00t2.io/sysutils/envs`
+	`r00t2.io/sysutils/paths`
+)
+
+// GetEffective returns the EUID/EGID.
+func (p *ProcIDs) GetEffective() (euid, egid uint) {
+
+	euid = p.uids.effective
+	egid = p.gids.effective
+
+	return
+}
+
+// GetFS returns the FSUID/FSGID. Not all platforms have this, in which case they'll be nil.
+func (p *ProcIDs) GetFS() (fsuid, fsgid *uint) {
+
+	if p.uids.filesystem != nil {
+		fsuid = new(uint)
+		*fsuid = *p.uids.filesystem
+	}
+	if p.gids.filesystem != nil {
+		fsgid = new(uint)
+		*fsgid = *p.gids.filesystem
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	GetGids returms a set of a ProcIDs GIDs.
+	fs will be nil if unsupported on the platform.
+	If invoked with SGID, "savedSet" will be the SGID GID.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) GetGids() (real, effective, savedSet uint, fs *uint) {
+
+	real = p.gids.real
+	effective = p.gids.effective
+	savedSet = p.gids.savedSet
+	if p.gids.filesystem != nil {
+		fs = new(uint)
+		*fs = *p.gids.filesystem
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// GetReal returns the (R)UID/(R)GID.
+func (p *ProcIDs) GetReal() (ruid, rgid uint) {
+
+	ruid = p.uids.real
+	rgid = p.gids.real
+
+	return
+}
+
+// GetSaved returns the SUID/SGID.
+func (p *ProcIDs) GetSaved() (suid, sgid uint) {
+
+	suid = p.uids.savedSet
+	sgid = p.gids.savedSet
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	GetUids returms a set of a ProcIDs UIDs.
+	fs will be nil if unsupported on the platform.
+	If invoked with SUID, "savedSet" will be the SUID UID.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) GetUids() (real, effective, savedSet uint, fs *uint) {
+
+	real = p.uids.real
+	effective = p.uids.effective
+	savedSet = p.uids.savedSet
+	if p.uids.filesystem != nil {
+		fs = new(uint)
+		*fs = *p.uids.filesystem
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsSGID returns true if the process is Set GID/SGID.
+
+	Note that it will return false if invoked by a group with the same GID as an SGID that's set.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) IsSGID() (isSgid bool) {
+
+	isSgid = p.gids.real != p.gids.savedSet
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsSUID returns true if the process is Set UID/SUID.
+
+	Note that it will return false if invoked by a user with the same UID as an SUID that's set.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) IsSUID() (isSuid bool) {
+
+	isSuid = p.uids.real != p.uids.savedSet
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsSudo does a very fast (and potentially inaccurate) evaluation of whether the process is running under sudo.
+
+	DO NOT use this function for security-sensitive uses, fully accurate results, or critical implementations!
+	Use IsSudoWithConfidence instead for those cases.
+	IsSudo only does the most basic of checking, which can be easily and completely overridden by a non-privileged user.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) IsSudo() (isSudo bool) {
+
+	// This is how every other Joe Blow does this. It's an extremely dumb way to do it. The caller has been warned.
+	for k, _ := range envs.GetEnvMap() {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, sudoEnvPfx) {
+			isSudo = true
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsSudoDetailed returns true for a very fast evaluation of whether the process is running under sudo,
+	and information about that context.
+	(If isSudo is false, originalUid/originalGid will both be -1 and originalUser will be nil.)
+
+	DO NOT use this function for security-sensitive uses, fully accurate results, or critical implementations!
+	Use IsSudoWithConfidenceDetailed instead for those cases.
+	IsSudoDetailed only does the most basic of checking, which can be easily and completely overridden by a non-privileged user.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) IsSudoDetailed() (isSudo bool, originalUid, originalGid int, originalUser *user.User, err error) {
+
+	if originalUid, originalGid, originalUser, err = p.getSudoInfoEnv(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if originalUid >= 0 || originalGid >= 0 || originalUser != nil {
+		isSudo = true
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsSudoWithConfidence is like IsSudo, but is *much* more throrough.
+
+	It not only returns isSudo, which is true if *any* indicators pass,
+	but also:
+
+	* a confidence value (which indicates *how many* indicators *passed*)
+	* a maxConfidence value (which indicates how many indicators were *tested*)
+	* a score value (which is a float indicating overall confidence on a fixed and weighted scale; higher is more confident, 1.0 indicates 100% confidence)
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) IsSudoWithConfidence() (isSudo bool, confidence, maxConfidence uint, score float64, err error) {
+
+	// confidence/maxConfidence are not used directly; they're unweighted counters.
+	var scoreConf uint
+	var scoreMaxConf uint
+
+	score = float64(scoreConf) / float64(scoreMaxConf)
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsSudoWithConfidenceDetailed is like IsSudoDetailed, but is *much* more throrough.
+
+	It not only returns the same results as IsSudoDetailed, but includes the same scoring values/system as IsSudoWithConfidence.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) IsSudoWithConfidenceDetailed() (isSudo bool, confidence, maxConfidence uint, score float64, originalUid, originalGid int, originalUser *user.User, err error) {
+
+	var b []byte
+	var ok bool
+	var permErr bool
+	var envUid int
+	var envGid int
+	var scoreConf uint
+	var scoreMaxConf uint
+	var curUser *user.User
+	var envUser *user.User
+	var curUid uint64
+	var fstat unix.Stat_t
+	var fsUid int
+	var procFiles []process.OpenFilesStat
+	var loginUidFile string = curLoginUidFile
+
+	if curUser, err = user.Current(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if curUid, err = strconv.ParseUint(curUser.Uid, 10, 32); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if procFiles, err = p.proc.OpenFiles(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Env vars; only score 1x/each.
+	maxConfidence += 3
+	scoreMaxConf += 3
+	if envUid, envGid, envUser, err = p.getSudoInfoEnv(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	originalUid, originalGid, originalUser = envUid, envGid, envUser
+	if envUid >= 0 {
+		confidence++
+		scoreConf++
+	}
+	if envGid >= 0 {
+		confidence++
+		scoreConf++
+	}
+	if envUser != nil {
+		confidence++
+		scoreConf++
+	}
+
+	/*
+		TTY/PTY ownership. We (can) only check this if we're running in an interactive session.
+
+		Typically this is done via (golang.org/x/term).IsTerminal(),
+		That pulls in a bunch of stuff I don't need, though, so I'll just replicate (...).IsTerminal() here;
+		it's just a wrapped single function call.
+	*/
+	// procFiles[0] is always STDIN. Whether it's a pipe, or TTY/PTY, or file, etc.
+	// (likewise, procFiles[1] is always STDOUT, procFiles[2] is always STDERR); however...
+	if _, err = unix.IoctlGetTermios(int(procFiles[0].Fd), unix.TCGETS); err == nil {
+		// Interactive
+		maxConfidence++
+		// This is only worth 2. It's pretty hard to fake unless origin user is root,
+		// but it's ALSO usually set to the target user.
+		scoreMaxConf += 2
+		fstat = unix.Stat_t{}
+		if err = unix.Fstat(int(procFiles[0].Fd), &fstat); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if uint64(fstat.Uid) != curUid {
+			// This is a... *potential* indicator, if a lateral sudo was done (user1 => user2),
+			// or root used sudo to *drop* privs to a regular user.
+			// We mark it as a pass for confidence since it IS a terminal, and it's permission-related.
+			confidence++
+			scoreConf += 2
+			originalUid = int(fstat.Uid)
+		}
+	} else {
+		// err is OK; just means non-interactive. No counter or score/max score increase; basically a NO-OP.
+		err = nil
+	}
+
+	// /proc/self/loginuid
+	// This is a REALLY good indicator. Probably the strongest next to reverse-walking the proc tree. It depends on PAM and auditd support, I think,
+	// BUT if it's present it's *really* really strong.
+	if ok, err = paths.RealPathExists(&loginUidFile); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if ok {
+		maxConfidence++
+		scoreMaxConf += 5
+		if b, err = os.ReadFile(loginUidFile); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if fsUid, err = strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(string(b))); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if uint64(fsUid) != curUid {
+			confidence++
+			scoreConf += 5
+			originalUid = fsUid
+		}
+	}
+
+	// proc tree reverse walking.
+	// This is, by far, the most reliable method.
+	// There are some valid conditions in which this would fail due to permissions
+	// (e.g. lateral sudo: user1 => user2), but if it's a permission error it's *probably*
+	// a lateral move anyways.
+	if isSudo, permErr, originalUid, originalGid, originalUser, err = p.revProcWalk(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	maxConfidence++
+	scoreMaxConf += 10
+	if permErr {
+		confidence++
+		scoreConf += 5
+	} else if isSudo {
+		confidence++
+		scoreConf += 10
+	}
+
+	score = float64(scoreConf) / float64(scoreMaxConf)
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	getSudoInfoEnv returns env var driven sudo information.
+
+	These are in no way guaranteed to be accurate as the user can remove or override them.
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) getSudoInfoEnv() (uid, gid int, u *user.User, err error) {
+
+	var ok bool
+	var val string
+	var envMap map[string]string = envs.GetEnvMap()
+
+	uid = -1
+	gid = -1
+
+	if val, ok = envMap[sudoUnameEnv]; ok {
+		if u, err = user.Lookup(val); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if val, ok = envMap[sudoUidEnv]; ok {
+		if uid, err = strconv.Atoi(val); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if val, ok = envMap[sudoGidEnv]; ok {
+		if gid, err = strconv.Atoi(val); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	revProcWalk walks up the process tree ("proctree") until it either:
+
+		* finds a process invoked with sudo (true)
+		* hits PID == 1 (false)
+		* hits a permission error (true-ish)
+*/
+func (p *ProcIDs) revProcWalk() (sudoFound, isPermErr bool, origUid, origGid int, origUser *user.User, err error) {
+
+	var cmd []string
+	var parent *ProcIDs
+	var parentPid int32
+	var parentUname string
+	var parentUids []uint32
+	var parentGids []uint32
+
+	origUid = -1
+	origGid = -1
+
+	parent = p
+	for {
+		if parent == nil || parent.proc.Pid == 1 {
+			break
+		}
+		if cmd, err = parent.proc.CmdlineSlice(); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+				isPermErr = true
+				err = nil
+			}
+			return
+		}
+		if cmd[0] == "sudo" {
+			sudoFound = true
+			if parentUname, err = parent.proc.Username(); err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+					isPermErr = true
+					err = nil
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if parentUids, err = parent.proc.Uids(); err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+					isPermErr = true
+					err = nil
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if parentGids, err = parent.proc.Gids(); err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+					isPermErr = true
+					err = nil
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if origUser, err = user.Lookup(parentUname); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			origUid = int(parentUids[0])
+			origGid = int(parentGids[0])
+		}
+		if sudoFound {
+			break
+		}
+		if parentPid, err = parent.proc.Ppid(); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+				isPermErr = true
+				err = nil
+			}
+			return
+		}
+		if parent, err = GetProcIDs(parentPid); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+				isPermErr = true
+				err = nil
+			}
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}

ispriv/funcs_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package ispriv
+
+import (
+	`golang.org/x/sys/windows`
+)
+
+// IsAdmin returns true if currently running with Administrator privileges.
+func IsAdmin() (admin bool, err error) {
+
+	var sid *windows.SID
+	var tok windows.Token
+
+	if err = windows.AllocateAndInitializeSid(
+		&windows.SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY,      // identAuth
+		2,                                   // subAuth
+		windows.SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID, // subAuth0
+		windows.DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS,     // subAuth1
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,                    // subAuth2-10
+		&sid, // sid
+	); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer windows.FreeSid(sid)
+
+	tok = windows.Token(0)
+	if admin, err = tok.IsMember(sid); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// IsElevated returns true if running in an elevated ("Run as Administrator") context.
+func IsElevated() (elevated bool) {
+
+	var tok windows.Token = windows.Token(0)
+
+	elevated = tok.IsElevated()
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+	IsPrivileged indicates that the current security context is running both
+	with Administrator priviliges AND is elevated.
+*/
+func IsPrivileged() (privileged bool, err error) {
+
+	if privileged, err = IsAdmin(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if privileged {
+		privileged = IsElevated()
+	}
+
+	return
+}

ispriv/types_nix.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package ispriv
+
+import (
+	`github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/process`
+)
+
+type ProcIDs struct {
+	proc *process.Process
+	uids *IdInfo
+	gids *IdInfo
+}
+type IdInfo struct {
+	real       uint
+	effective  uint
+	savedSet   uint
+	filesystem *uint
+}

paths/TODO

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- search criteria should *also* support a timestamp range (e.g. so a search can be restricted to both older than AND newer than; e.g. older than 00:00, newer than 01:00)

types_linux.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+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
+}