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, 4.3BSD.

NOTES¶

SEE ALSO¶

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

COLOPHON¶

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