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        !             3: getuid()               COHERENT System Call              getuid()
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        !             8: Get real user identifier
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        !            10: getuid()
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        !            12: Every process  has two different versions of  its user id, called
        !            13: the real user id and the  effective user id.  The user ids deter-
        !            14: mine  eligibility to  access files  or employ  system privileges.
        !            15: Normally, these  two ids are identical.  However,  for a set user
        !            16: id load module (see exec), the  real user id is that of the user,
        !            17: whereas the  effective user id is that of  the load module owner.
        !            18: This distinction  allows system programs  to use files  which are
        !            19: protected from the user who invokes the program.
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        !            21: getuid returns the real user id.
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        !            23: ***** See Also *****
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        !            25: access(), COHERENT system calls, exec, getegid(), geteuid(), get-
        !            26: gid(), login, setuid()
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