NAME

getuid, geteuid − get user identity

SYNOPSIS

getuid()

geteuid()

DESCRIPTION

getuid() returns the real user ID of the current process, geteuid() the effective user ID. 

The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in.  The effective user ID gives the process additional permissions during execution of “set-user-ID” mode processes, which use getuid() to determine the real-user-id of the process that invoked them. 

SEE ALSO

getgid(2), setreuid(2)

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 22 March 1989