getuid(2) getuid(2)
NAME [Toc] [Back]
getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid - get real user, effective user, real
group, and effective group IDs
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
#include <unistd.h>
uid_t getuid(void);
uid_t geteuid(void);
gid_t getgid(void);
gid_t getegid(void);
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
The following functions return the information indicated:
getuid() Real-user-ID of the calling process.
geteuid() Effective-user-ID of the calling process.
getgid() Real-group-ID of the calling process.
getegid() Effective-group-ID of the calling process.
No means is available for ascertaining the saved-user-ID or savedgroup-ID
of a process.
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
setuid(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE [Toc] [Back]
getuid(): AES, SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1
getegid(): AES, SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1
geteuid(): AES, SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1
getgid(): AES, SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1
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