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GETRESUID (2)

get real, effective and saved user or group ID

SYNOPSIS

    #include <unistd.h> int getresuid(uid_t * ruid , uid_t * euid , uid_t * suid ); int getresgid(gid_t * rgid , gid_t * egid , gid_t * sgid );

DESCRIPTION

    getresuid and getresgid (both introduced in Linux 2.1.44) get the real, effective and saved user ID's (resp. group ID's) of the current process.

RETURN VALUE

    On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

    EFAULT

      One of the arguments specified an address outside the calling program's address space.

CONFORMING TO

    This call is Linux-specific.

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