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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)getuid.2    6.3 (Berkeley) 1/7/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH GETUID 2 "January 7, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: getuid, geteuid \- get user identity
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .nf
        !            13: .ft B
        !            14: #include <sys/types.h>
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .ft B
        !            17: .nf
        !            18: uid = getuid()
        !            19: uid_t uid;
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .ft B
        !            22: euid = geteuid()
        !            23: uid_t euid;
        !            24: .fi
        !            25: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            26: .I Getuid
        !            27: returns the real user ID of the current process,
        !            28: .I geteuid
        !            29: the effective user ID.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in.
        !            32: The effective user ID
        !            33: gives the process additional permissions during
        !            34: execution of \*(lqset-user-ID\*(rq mode processes, which use
        !            35: \fIgetuid\fP to determine the real-user-id of the process that
        !            36: invoked them.
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: getgid(2), setreuid(2)

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