bsd man page for geteuid

Query: geteuid

OS: bsd

Section: 2

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GETUID(2)							System Calls Manual							 GETUID(2)

NAME
getuid, geteuid - get user identity
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> uid = getuid() uid_t uid; euid = geteuid() uid_t euid;
DESCRIPTION
Getuid returns the real user ID of the current process, geteuid the effective user ID. The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in. The effective user ID gives the process additional permissions during execution of "set-user-ID" mode processes, which use getuid to determine the real-user-id of the process that invoked them.
SEE ALSO
getgid(2), setreuid(2) 4th Berkeley Distribution January 7, 1986 GETUID(2)
Related Man Pages
getuid(2) - freebsd
geteuid(2) - linux
getuid32(2) - linux
geteuid(2) - centos
geteuid32(2) - mojave
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