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dg_getauthid(2)          DG/UX B2 Security R4.12MU02         dg_getauthid(2)


NAME
       dggetauthid - get the authentication ID of a process

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/dgtparms.h>

       authidt  dggetauthid (pidt pid);

   where:
       pid    The ID of the process whose authentication identifier (AUTHID)
              is returned.  As a special case, when pid is 0, the
              authentication ID of the calling process is returned.

DESCRIPTION
       The dggetauthid system call returns the authentication ID of the
       process identified by pid.  If pid is 0, the authentication ID of the
       calling process is returned.

ACCESS CONTROL
       The caller must have appropriate privilege to get the authentication
       ID of another process.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns the authentication ID of the specified process unless an
       error occurs, in which case -1 is returned.

ERRORS
       On failure, errno is set to one of the following values:

       EPERM  The caller does not have appropriate privilege.

       ESRCH  No process with ID pid exists.

SEE ALSO
       dgsetauthid(2).


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