4 files changed, 0 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index 55d35fdd..addf26bd 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -300,19 +300,6 @@ char *np_escaped_string (const char *string) {
 
 int np_check_if_root(void) { return (geteuid() == 0); }
 
-int np_warn_if_not_root(void) {
-        int status = np_check_if_root();
-        if(!status) {
-                printf(_("Warning: "));
-                printf(_("This plugin must be either run as root or setuid root.\n"));
-                printf(_("To run as root, you can use a tool like sudo.\n"));
-                printf(_("To set the setuid permissions, use the command:\n"));
-                /* XXX could we use something like progname? */
-                printf("\tchmod u+s yourpluginfile\n");
-        }
-        return status;
-}
-
 /*
  * Extract the value from key/value pairs, or return NULL. The value returned
  * can be free()ed.
diff --git a/lib/utils_base.h b/lib/utils_base.h
index d69b0da1..42ae0c09 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.h
+++ b/lib/utils_base.h
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ void die (int, const char *, ...) __attribute__((noreturn,format(printf, 2, 3)))
 /* a simple check to see if we're running as root.  
  * returns zero on failure, nonzero on success */
 int np_check_if_root(void);
-/* and a helpful wrapper around that.  it returns the same status
- * code from the above function, in case it's helpful for testing */
-int np_warn_if_not_root(void);
 
 /* mp_suid() returns true if the real and effective uids differs, such as when
  * running a suid plugin */
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
index b69a10da..b874c555 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                 usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
                 }
 
-        /* this plugin almost certainly needs root permissions. */
-        np_warn_if_not_root();
-
         /* create socket for DHCP communications */
         dhcp_socket=create_dhcp_socket();
 
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 4b4197d8..8b563e40 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -383,9 +383,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain (PACKAGE);
 
-        /* print a helpful error message if geteuid != 0 */
-        np_warn_if_not_root();
-
         /* we only need to be setsuid when we get the sockets, so do
          * that before pointer magic (esp. on network data) */
         icmp_sockerrno = udp_sockerrno = tcp_sockerrno = sockets = 0;