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#ifndef BLOCXX_SECURE_HPP_INCLUDE_GUARD_
#define BLOCXX_SECURE_HPP_INCLUDE_GUARD_


#include "blocxx/BLOCXX_config.h"
#include "blocxx/Exception.hpp"
#include "blocxx/CommonFwd.hpp"
#include "blocxx/Types.hpp"

namespace BLOCXX_NAMESPACE
{
namespace Secure
{
   enum EChildGroupAction
   {
      E_NO_EXTENDED_GROUPS = 0,
      E_SOURCE_EXTENDED_GROUPS
   };

   BLOCXX_DECLARE_EXCEPTION(ProcessAbort);

   BLOCXX_COMMON_API void dropPrivilegesPermanently(uid_t newuid, gid_t newgid, EChildGroupAction extendedGroupAction);

   BLOCXX_COMMON_API void runAs(char const * username, EChildGroupAction extendedGroupAction = E_SOURCE_EXTENDED_GROUPS);

   BLOCXX_COMMON_API StringArray minimalEnvironment();

} // namespace Secure
} // namespace BLOCXX_NAMESPACE

#endif