GETUID(2) BSD System Calls Manual GETUID(2)NAME
getuid, geteuid -- get user identification
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
uid_t
getuid(void);
uid_t
geteuid(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getuid() system call returns the real user ID of the calling process. The geteuid() system call returns the effective user ID of the
calling process.
The real user ID is that of the user who has invoked the program. As the effective user ID gives the process additional permissions during
execution of ``set-user-ID'' mode processes, getuid() is used to determine the real-user-id of the calling process.
ERRORS
The getuid() and geteuid() system calls are always successful, and no return value is reserved to indicate an error.
SEE ALSO getgid(2), issetugid(2), setgid(2), setreuid(2), setuid(2)STANDARDS
The geteuid() and getuid() system calls are expected to conform to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The getuid() and geteuid() functions appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD
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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_t getuid(void);
uid_t geteuid(void);
DESCRIPTION
getuid() returns the real user ID of the calling process.
geteuid() returns the effective user ID of the calling process.
ERRORS
These functions are always successful.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
NOTES
History
In UNIX V6 the getuid() call returned (euid << 8) + uid. UNIX V7 introduced separate calls getuid() and geteuid().
The original Linux getuid() and geteuid() system calls supported only 16-bit user IDs. Subsequently, Linux 2.4 added getuid32() and
geteuid32(), supporting 32-bit IDs. The glibc getuid() and geteuid() wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across ker-
nel versions.
SEE ALSO getresuid(2), setreuid(2), setuid(2), credentials(7)COLOPHON
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Linux 2010-11-22 GETUID(2)
I'm not that acquainted to C programming and would like to know how to obtain the internal Unix userid of a user (I'm on HP UX) and stro it in a variable.
I found the getuid() fonction returns the current user's internal ID. But I would like to find it for a different user. I was hoping... (7 Replies)