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NAME

getuid - get user identity

SYNOPSIS

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

uid_t getuid(void);

DESCRIPTION

getuid(2) returns the RealID 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.

CONFORMING TO

POSIX, BSD 4.3.

SEE ALSO

setreuid(2), setuid(2)

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