local

Documentation

Overview

Package local contains many functions and variables that contain information about the local device.

Index

• Variables
• func Elevated() bool

Variables

var (
	// UUID is the device specific and session specific identifier.
	UUID = getID()

	// Version is the local machine's Operating System version information.
	Version = version()
)

var Device = (&local{Machine: device.Machine{
	ID:           UUID,
	PID:          uint32(os.Getpid()),
	PPID:         getPPID(),
	User:         getUsername(),
	System:       systemType(),
	Version:      Version,
	Network:      make(device.Network, 0),
	Elevated:     isElevated(),
	Capabilities: tags.Enabled,
}}).init()

Device is the pointer to the local machine instance. This instance is loaded at runtime and is used for local data gathering and identification.

Functions

func Elevated

func Elevated() bool

Elevated will return true if the current process has elevated privileges, false otherwise.

This function is evaluated at runtime.