01-29-2008
Difference between s & S in setuid in UNIX
Hi,
what is the difference btwn s and S in setuid , access permissions.
I have to make to change the access permissions of a file to rwsr_xr_r
but if i type in 4655 it changes the file to rwSr_xr_r .
How can I make this change ?
Please suggest.
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
seteuid
SETUID(2) BSD System Calls Manual SETUID(2)
NAME
setuid, seteuid, setgid, setegid -- set user and group ID
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
setuid(uid_t uid);
int
seteuid(uid_t euid);
int
setgid(gid_t gid);
int
setegid(gid_t egid);
DESCRIPTION
The setuid() function sets the real and effective user IDs and the saved set-user-ID of the current process to the specified value. The
setuid() function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real user ID of the process, or if the effective user ID is that of the
super user.
The setgid() function sets the real and effective group IDs and the saved set-group-ID of the current process to the specified value. The
setgid() function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real group ID of the process, or if the effective user ID is that of the
super user. Supplementary group IDs remain unchanged.
The seteuid() function (setegid()) sets the effective user ID (group ID) of the current process. The effective user ID may be set to the
value of the real user ID or the saved set-user-ID (see intro(2) and execve(2)); in this way, the effective user ID of a set-user-ID exe-
cutable may be toggled by switching to the real user ID, then re-enabled by reverting to the set-user-ID value. Similarly, the effective
group ID may be set to the value of the real group ID or the saved set-group-ID.
RETURN VALUES
Upon success, these functions return 0; otherwise -1 is returned.
If the user is not the super user, or the uid specified is not the real, effective ID, or saved ID, these functions return -1.
SEE ALSO
getgid(2), getgroups(2), getuid(2)
STANDARDS
The setuid() and setgid() functions are compliant with the ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'') specification with _POSIX_SAVED_IDS not defined.
We do not implement the _POSIX_SAVED_IDS option as specified in the standard because this would make it impossible for a set-user-ID exe-
cutable owned by a user other than the super-user to permanently revoke its privileges.
The seteuid() and setegid() functions are compliant with IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The setuid() and setgid() functions appeared in Version 2 AT&T UNIX and Version 4 AT&T UNIX, respectively.
BSD
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