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Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe.
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Groff
95 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)getuid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt GETUID 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getuid ,
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.Nm geteuid
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.Nd get user identification
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.In sys/types.h
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.Ft uid_t
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.Fn getuid void
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.Ft uid_t
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.Fn geteuid void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getuid
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system call returns the real user ID of the calling process.
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The
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.Fn geteuid
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system call
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returns the effective user ID of the calling process.
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.Pp
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The real user ID is that of the user who has invoked the program.
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As the effective user ID
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gives the process additional permissions during
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execution of
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.Dq Em set-user-ID
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mode processes,
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.Fn getuid
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is used to determine the real-user-id of the calling process.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn getuid
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and
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.Fn geteuid
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system calls are always successful, and no return value is reserved to
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indicate an error.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getgid 2 ,
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.Xr issetugid 2 ,
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.Xr setgid 2 ,
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.Xr setreuid 2 ,
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.Xr setuid 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn geteuid
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and
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.Fn getuid
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system calls are expected to conform to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getuid
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and
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.Fn geteuid
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functions appeared in
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.At v7 .
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