SETUID(2-SysV)      RISC/os Reference Manual       SETUID(2-SysV)



NAME
     setuid, setgid - set user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
     int setuid (uid)
     int uid;

     int setgid (gid)
     int gid;

DESCRIPTION
     setuid (setgid) is used to set the real user (group) ID and
     effective user (group) ID of the calling process.

     If the effective user ID of the calling process is super-
     user, the real user (group) ID and effective user (group) ID
     are set to uid (gid).

     If the effective user ID of the calling process is not
     super-user, but its real user (group) ID is equal to uid
     (gid), the effective user (group) ID is set to uid (gid).

     If the effective user ID of the calling process is not
     super-user, but the saved set-user (group) ID from exec(2)
     is equal to uid (gid), the effective user (group) ID is set
     to uid (gid).

     setuid (setgid) will fail if the real user (group) ID of the
     calling process is not equal to uid (gid) and its effective
     user ID is not super-user.  [EPERM]

     The uid is out of range.  [EINVAL]

SEE ALSO
     getuid(2), intro(2).

DIAGNOSTICS
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Oth-
     erwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indi-
     cate the error.















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