commit af02edbe6c1495e1cda07676ca24054a32d9ae9d Author: aagbsn aagbsn@extc.org Date: Sun Jun 30 19:00:42 2013 +0200
Check for root once at startup --- ooni/director.py | 10 +--------- ooni/oonicli.py | 11 ++++++++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ooni/director.py b/ooni/director.py index a44ee57..2c48bb0 100644 --- a/ooni/director.py +++ b/ooni/director.py @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re from ooni import geoip from ooni.managers import ReportEntryManager, MeasurementManager from ooni.reporter import Report -from ooni.utils import log, checkForRoot, pushFilenameStack +from ooni.utils import log, pushFilenameStack from ooni.utils.net import randomFreePort from ooni.nettest import NetTest, getNetTestInformation from ooni.settings import config @@ -238,14 +238,6 @@ class Director(object): available. """ from ooni.utils.txscapy import ScapyFactory, ScapySniffer - try: - checkForRoot() - except errors.InsufficientPrivileges: - log.err("Includepcap options requires root priviledges to run") - log.err("you should run ooniprobe as root or disable the options in ooniprobe.conf") - reactor.stop() - sys.exit(1) - config.scapyFactory = ScapyFactory(config.advanced.interface)
if os.path.exists(config.reports.pcap): diff --git a/ooni/oonicli.py b/ooni/oonicli.py index 218ec2e..32fc762 100644 --- a/ooni/oonicli.py +++ b/ooni/oonicli.py @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from ooni.director import Director from ooni.reporter import YAMLReporter, OONIBReporter from ooni.nettest import NetTestLoader, MissingRequiredOption
-from ooni.utils import log +from ooni.utils import log, checkForRoot
class Options(usage.Options): synopsis = """%s [options] [path to test].py @@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ def runWithDirector(): config.read_config_file()
log.start(global_options['logfile']) + + if config.privacy.includepcap: + try: + checkForRoot() + except errors.InsufficientPrivileges: + log.err("Insufficient Privileges to capture packets." + " See ooniprobe.conf privacy.includepcap") + sys.exit(2) + # contains (test_cases, options, cmd_line_options) test_list = [] if global_options['no-collector']: