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 current process.

       geteuid returns the effective user ID of the current process.

       The  real  ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process.  The effec-
       tive ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed.


ERRORS

       These functions are always successful.


CONFORMING TO

       POSIX, BSD 4.3.


SEE ALSO

       setreuid(2), setuid(2)

Linux 0.99.11                     1993-07-23                         getuid(2)