getuid(2)							     getuid(2)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid -	get real user, effective user, real
     group, and	effective group	IDs

C SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <unistd.h>

     uid_t getuid (void);
     uid_t geteuid (void);


     gid_t getgid (void);
     gid_t getegid (void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     getuid returns the	real user ID of	the calling process.

     geteuid returns the effective user	ID of the calling process.

     getgid returns the	real group ID of the calling process.

     getegid returns the effective group ID of the calling process.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     intro(2), setuid(2)


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