2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
index 8559d634..7cb2d300 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
@@ -250,10 +250,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
         int dhcp_socket;
         int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
+        /* this plugin almost certainly needs root permissions. */
+        np_warn_if_not_root();
+        
         setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain (PACKAGE);
-        
+
         if(process_arguments(argc,argv)!=OK){
                 usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
                 }
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 7e3b00f3..7f9160c4 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         int result;
         struct rta_host *host;
         
+        /* 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;