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getuid, geteuid \- get user identity
returns the real user ID of the current process,
The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in.
gives the process additional permissions during
execution of \*(lqset-user-ID\*(rq mode processes, which use
\fIgetuid\fP to determine the real-user-id of the process that