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-GETUID
-!!!GETUID
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-DESCRIPTION
-ERRORS
-CONFORMING TO
-SEE ALSO
-----
!!NAME
+geteuid - get effective user identity
-
-getuid, geteuid - get user identity
!!SYNOPSIS
+ __#include <unistd.h>__
+ __#include <sys/types.h>__
+ __uid_t geteuid(void);__
-__#include __
-#include __
-
-
-__uid_t getuid(void);
-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.
-__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 effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file
-being executed.
!!ERRORS
+These functions are always successful.
-
-These functions are always successful.
!!CONFORMING TO
+[POSIX], BSD 4.3.
-
-POSIX, BSD 4.3.
!!SEE ALSO
-
-
-
-----
+setreuid(2), setuid(2), getuid(2), getegid(2)
