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GETUID(2)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 GETUID(2)



NAME
       getuid, geteuid - get user identity

SYNOPSIS
       #include<unistd.h>
       #include<sys/types.h>

       uid_tgetuid(void);
       uid_tgeteuid(void);

DESCRIPTION
       getuid returns the real user ID of the current process.

       geteuid returns the effective user ID of the current process.

       The  real  ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process.  The effec-
       tive ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed.

ERRORS
       These functions are always successful.

CONFORMINGTO
       POSIX, BSD 4.3.

SEEALSO
       setreuid(2), setuid(2)



Linux 0.99.11                     1993-07-23                         GETUID(2)