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30 .\" @(#)setuid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
40 .Nd set user and group ID
46 .Fn setuid "uid_t uid"
48 .Fn seteuid "uid_t euid"
50 .Fn setgid "gid_t gid"
52 .Fn setegid "gid_t egid"
57 sets the real and effective
58 user IDs and the saved set-user-ID of the current process
59 to the specified value.
62 function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real user ID
63 of the process, or if the effective user ID is that of the super user.
68 sets the real and effective
69 group IDs and the saved set-group-ID of the current process
70 to the specified value.
73 function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real group ID
74 of the process, or if the effective user ID is that of the super user.
75 Supplementary group IDs remain unchanged.
81 sets the effective user ID (group ID) of the
83 The effective user ID may be set to the value
84 of the real user ID or the saved set-user-ID (see
88 in this way, the effective user ID of a set-user-ID executable
89 may be toggled by switching to the real user ID, then re-enabled
90 by reverting to the set-user-ID value.
91 Similarly, the effective group ID may be set to the value
92 of the real group ID or the saved set-group-ID.
94 Upon success, these functions return 0;
95 otherwise \-1 is returned.
97 If the user is not the super user, or the uid
98 specified is not the real, effective ID, or saved ID,
99 these functions return \-1.
109 functions are compliant with the
114 We do not implement the
116 option as specified in the standard
117 because this would make it impossible for a set-user-ID executable owned
118 by a user other than the super-user to permanently revoke its privileges.
124 functions are compliant with
131 functions appeared in