opensolaris man page for setreuid

setreuid(2)							   System Calls 						       setreuid(2)

NAME
       setreuid - set real and effective user IDs

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int setreuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid);

DESCRIPTION
       The  setreuid()	function  is  used  to	set the real and effective user IDs of the calling process. If ruid is -1, the real user ID is not
       changed; if euid is -1, the effective user ID is not changed. The real and effective user IDs may be set to different values  in  the  same
       call.

       If  the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is asserted in the effective set of the calling process, the real user ID and the effective user ID can
       be set to any legal value.

       If the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of the calling process, either the real user ID can be set  to  the
       effective user ID, or the effective user ID can either be set to the saved set-user ID from execve() (seeexec(2)) or the real user ID.

       In  either  case,  if the real user ID is being changed (that is, if ruid is not  -1), or the effective user ID is being changed to a value
       not equal to the real user ID, the saved set-user ID is set equal to the new effective user ID.

       All privileges are required to change to uid 0.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned, errno is set to indicate the error, and neither of the user IDs  will
       be changed.

ERRORS
       The setreuid() function will fail if:

       EINVAL	 The value of ruid or euid is less than  0 or greater than UID_MAX (defined in <limits.h>).

       EPERM	 The  {PRIV_PROC_SETID}  privilege  is not asserted in the effective set of the calling processes and a change was specified other
		 than changing the real user ID to the effective user ID, or changing the effective user ID to the real user ID or the saved  set-
		 user ID. See privileges(5) for additional restrictions which apply when changing to UID 0.

USAGE
       If  a set-user-ID process sets its effective user ID to its real user ID, it can still set its effective user ID back to the saved set-user
       ID.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       exec(2), getuid(2), setregid(2), setuid(2), attributes(5), privileges(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    22 Mar 2004 						       setreuid(2)