NAME


getresuid, getresgid - get real, effective and saved user/group IDs

SYNOPSIS


#define _GNU_SOURCE #include <unistd.h>

int getresuid(uid_t *ruid, uid_t *euid, uid_t *suid); int getresgid(gid_t *rgid, gid_t *egid, gid_t *sgid);

DESCRIPTION


getresuid() returns the real UID, the effective UID, and the saved set-user-ID of the calling process, in the arguments ruid, euid, and suid, respectively. getresgid() performs the analogous task for the process’s group IDs.

RETURN VALUE


On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS


EFAULT One of the arguments specified an address outside the calling program’s address space.

VERSIONS


These system calls appeared on Linux starting with kernel 2.1.44.

The prototypes are given by glibc since version 2.3.2, provided _GNU_SOURCE is defined.

CONFORMING TO


These calls are non-standard; they also appear on HP-UX and some of the BSDs.

SEE ALSO


getuid(2), setresuid(2), setreuid(2), setuid(2), credentials(7), feature_test_macros(7)

COLOPHON


This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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