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NAME

geteuid - get effective user identity

SYNOPSIS

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

uid_t geteuid(void);

DESCRIPTION

geteuid(2) returns the effective user ID of the current process.

The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed. See EffectiveID for more information.

ERRORS

These functions are always successful.

CONFORMING TO

POSIX, BSD 4.3.

SEE ALSO

setreuid(2), setuid(2), getuid(2), getegid(2)

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