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GETUID(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETUID(2)

NAME

     getuid, geteuid - get user identity

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>
     #include <sys/types.h>
     uid_t getuid(void);
     uid_t geteuid(void);

DESCRIPTION

     getuid() returns the real user ID of the calling process.
     geteuid() returns the effective user ID of the calling process.

ERRORS

     These functions are always successful.

CONFORMING TO

     POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.

NOTES

 History
     In  UNIX V6  the  getuid()  call  returned  (euid << 8) + uid.  UNIX V7
     introduced separate calls getuid() and geteuid().
     The original Linux getuid() and geteuid() system calls  supported  only
     16-bit   user  IDs.   Subsequently,  Linux  2.4  added  getuid32()  and
     geteuid32(), supporting 32-bit IDs.  The glibc getuid()  and  geteuid()
     wrapper  functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel
     versions.

SEE ALSO

     getresuid(2), setreuid(2), setuid(2), credentials(7)

COLOPHON

     This page is part of release 4.16 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
     description  of  the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
     latest    version    of    this    page,    can     be     found     at
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux 2017-09-15 GETUID(2)

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