SETREUID
Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: May 9, 1985
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NAME
setreuid - set real and effective user ID's
SYNOPSIS
setreuid(ruid, euid)
int ruid, euid;
DESCRIPTION
The real and effective user ID's of the
current process are set according to the arguments.
If
ruid
or
euid
is -1, the current uid is filled in by the system.
Unprivileged users may change the real user
ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may
make other changes.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise,
a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- [EPERM]
-
The current process is not the super-user and a change
other than changing the effective user-id to the real user-id
was specified.
SEE ALSO
getuid(2), setregid(2), setuid(3)
Index
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