Query: geteuid
OS: opensolaris
Section: 2
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getuid(2) System Calls getuid(2)NAMEgetuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid - get real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDsSYNOPSIS#include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> uid_t getuid(void); uid_t geteuid(void); gid_t getgid(void); gid_t getegid(void);DESCRIPTIONThe getuid() function returns the real user ID of the calling process. The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in. The geteuid() function returns the effective user ID of the calling process. The effective user ID gives the process various permissions during execution of "set-user-ID" mode processes which use getuid() to determine the real user ID of the process that invoked them. The getgid() function returns the real group ID of the calling process. The getegid() function returns the effective group ID of the calling process.ATTRIBUTESSee attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Async-Signal-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+SEE ALSOIntro(2), setuid(2), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 28 Dec 1996 getuid(2)