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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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