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| 32 | .\" @(#)setreuid.2 6.4 (Berkeley) 3/10/91 | |
| 33 | .\" | |
| 34 | .Dd March 10, 1991 | |
| 35 | .Dt SETREUID 2 | |
| 36 | .Os BSD 4 | |
| 37 | .Sh NAME | |
| 38 | .Nm setreuid | |
| 39 | .Nd set real and effective user ID's | |
| 40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 41 | .Fd #include <unistd.h> | |
| 42 | .Ft int | |
| 43 | .Fn setreuid "int ruid" "int euid" | |
| 44 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 45 | The real and effective user ID's of the | |
| 46 | current process are set according to the arguments. | |
| 47 | If | |
| 48 | .Fa ruid | |
| 49 | or | |
| 50 | .Fa euid | |
| 51 | is -1, the current uid is filled in by the system. | |
| 52 | Unprivileged users may change the real user | |
| 53 | ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may | |
| 54 | make other changes. | |
| 55 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | |
| 56 | Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, | |
| 57 | a value of -1 is returned and | |
| 58 | .Va errno | |
| 59 | is set to indicate the error. | |
| 60 | .Sh ERRORS | |
| 61 | .Bl -tag -width [EPERM] | |
| 62 | .It Bq Er EPERM | |
| 63 | The current process is not the super-user and a change | |
| 64 | other than changing the effective user-id to the real user-id | |
| 65 | was specified. | |
| 66 | .El | |
| 67 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 68 | .Xr getuid 2 , | |
| 69 | .Xr setregid 2 , | |
| 70 | .Xr setuid 3 | |
| 71 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 72 | The | |
| 73 | .Nm | |
| 74 | function call appeared in | |
| 75 | .Bx 4.2 . |