getuid, geteuid — get user identity
#include <unistd.h> #include <sys/types.h>
uid_t
getuid( |
void); |
uid_t
geteuid( |
void); |
getuid() returns the real
user ID of the calling process.
geteuid() returns the
effective user ID of the calling process.
The original Linux getuid()
and geteuid() system calls
supported only 16-bit user IDs. Subsequently, Linux 2.4 added
getuid32() and geteuid32(), supporting 32-bit IDs. The
glibc getuid() and geteuid() wrapper functions transparently
deal with the variations across kernel versions.
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