getuid(S)
getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid --
get real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs
Syntax
cc . . . -lc
#include <unistd.h>
uid_t getuid(void);
uid_t geteuid(void);
gid_t getgid(void);
gid_t getegid(void);
Description
-
The getuid routine returns the real user ID
of the calling process.
-
The geteuid routine returns the effective user
ID of the calling process.
-
The getgid routine returns the real group
ID of the calling process.
-
The getegid routine returns the effective group
ID of the calling process.
Diagnostics
These routines are always successful and therefore no errors
defined.
See also
setgid(S),
setuid(S)
Standards conformance
getegid, geteuid, getgid and getuid
are conformant with:
AT&T SVID Issue 3;
X/Open CAE Specification, System Interfaces and Headers, Issue 4, 1992;
IEEE POSIX Std 1003.1-1990 System Application Program Interface (API) [C Language] (ISO/IEC 9945-1)
;
and
NIST FIPS 151-1
.
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