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SETUID(2)							     SETUID(2)

NAME
       setuid, setegid, seteuid, setgid - set user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <unistd.h>

       int setuid(uid_t uid);

       int setgid(gid_t gid);

       int seteuid(uid_t euid);

       int setegid(gid_t egid);

DESCRIPTION
       The  setuid()  function	sets  the real user ID, effective user ID, and
       saved user ID of the calling process. The setgid()  function  sets  the
       real  group  ID,	 effective group ID, and saved group ID of the calling
       process. The setegid() and seteuid() functions set the effective	 group
       and  user  IDs  respectively  for the calling process. See Intro(2) for
       more information on real, effective, and saved user and group IDs.

       At login time, the real user ID, effective user ID, and saved  user  ID
       of  the	login  process are set to the login ID of the user responsible
       for the creation of the process. The same is true for the real,	effec‐
       tive,  and  saved  group	 IDs; they are set to the group ID of the user
       responsible for the creation of the process.

       When a process calls one of the exec(2) family of functions to  execute
       a file (program), the user and/or group identifiers associated with the
       process can change. If the file executed is  a  set-user-ID  file,  the
       effective and saved user IDs of the process are set to the owner of the
       file executed. If the file executed is a set-group-ID file, the	effec‐
       tive  and  saved	 group	IDs of the process are set to the group of the
       file executed. If the file executed is not a set-user-ID or  set-group-
       ID  file, the effective user ID, saved user ID, effective group ID, and
       saved group ID are not changed.

       If the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is asserted in the effective set  of
       the  process  calling setuid(), the real, effective, and saved user IDs
       are set to the uid argument.  If the uid argument is 0 and none of  the
       saved,  effective  or real UID is 0, additional restrictions apply. See
       privileges(5).

       If the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not  asserted  in	the  effective
       set,  but  uid  is  either the real user ID or the saved user ID of the
       calling process, the effective user ID is set to uid.

       If the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is asserted in the effective set  of
       the  process calling setgid(), the real, effective, and saved group IDs
       are set to the gid argument.

       If the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not  asserted  in	the  effective
       set,  but  gid is either the real group ID or the saved group ID of the
       calling process, the effective group ID is set to gid.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise,  −1  is  returned
       and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The setuid() and setgid() functions will fail if:

       EINVAL
		 The value of uid or gid is out of range.

       EPERM
		 For  setuid()	and seteuid(), the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege
		 is not asserted in the effective set of the  calling  process
		 and  the uid argument does not match either the real or saved
		 user IDs, or an attempt is made to change to UID 0  and  none
		 of  the  existing  UIDs is 0, in which case additional privi‐
		 leges are required.

		 For setgid() and setegid(), the  {PRIV_PROC_SETID}  privilege
		 is  not  asserted  in	the effective set and the gid argument
		 does not match either the real or saved group IDs.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────┬───────────────────┐
       │  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │  ATTRIBUTE VALUE	│
       ├────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability │ Standard		│
       ├────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
       │MT-Level	    │ Async-Signal-Safe │
       └────────────────────┴───────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       Intro(2),    exec(2),	getgroups(2),	 getuid(2),	stat.h(3HEAD),
       attributes(5), privileges(5), standards(5)

				 Jan 20, 2003			     SETUID(2)
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