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GETUID(2)							     GETUID(2)

NAME
       getuid, geteuid - get user identity

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

       uid_t getuid(void)
       uid_t geteuid(void)

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), setuid(2).

4th Berkeley Distribution	January 7, 1986			     GETUID(2)
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