1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_base.h b/lib/utils_base.h
index 0cb371fd..b4bd92ee 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.h
+++ b/lib/utils_base.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _UTILS_BASE_
 #define _UTILS_BASE_
-/* Header file for nagios plugins utils_base.c */
+/* Header file for Monitoring Plugins utils_base.c */
 
 #include "sha1.h"
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef struct np_struct {
         state_key *state;
         int       argc;
         char      **argv;
-        } nagios_plugin;
+        } monitoring_plugin;
 
 range *parse_range_string (char *);
 int _set_thresholds(thresholds **, char *, char *);
@@ -102,4 +102,8 @@ void np_init(char *, int argc, char **argv);
 void np_set_args(int argc, char **argv);
 void np_cleanup();
 
+/* mp_suid() returns true if the real and effective uids differs, such as when
+ * running a suid plugin */
+#define mp_suid() (getuid() != geteuid())
+
 #endif /* _UTILS_BASE_ */