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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETUID 2 "12 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: getuid, geteuid \- get user identity
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .ft B
        !             7: .nf
        !             8: uid = getuid()
        !             9: int uid;
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .ft B
        !            12: euid = geteuid()
        !            13: int euid;
        !            14: .fi
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Getuid
        !            17: returns the real user ID of the current process,
        !            18: .I geteuid
        !            19: the effective user ID.
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in.
        !            22: The effective user ID
        !            23: gives the process additional permissions during
        !            24: execution of \*(lqset-user-ID\*(rq mode processes, which use
        !            25: \fIgetuid\fP to determine the real-user-id of the process which
        !            26: invoked them.
        !            27: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            28: getgid(2), setreuid(2)

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