geteuid(3p) — Linux manual page

GETEUID(3P)             POSIX Programmer's Manual             GETEUID(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       geteuid — get the effective user ID

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <unistd.h>

       uid_t geteuid(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The geteuid() function shall return the effective user ID of the
       calling process.  The geteuid() function shall not modify errno.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The geteuid() function shall always be successful and no return
       value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS         top

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       In a conforming environment, geteuid() will always succeed. It is
       possible for implementations to provide an extension where a
       process in a non-conforming environment will not be associated
       with a user or group ID. It is recommended that such
       implementations return (uid_t)-1 and set errno to indicate such an
       environment; doing so does not violate this standard, since such
       an environment is already an extension.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       getegid(3p), getgid(3p), getuid(3p), setegid(3p), seteuid(3p),
       setgid(3p), setregid(3p), setreuid(3p), setuid(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, sys_types.h(0p),
       unistd.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
       Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
       this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
       document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
       http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group                2017                       GETEUID(3P)

Pages that refer to this page: unistd.h(0p),  getegid(3p),  getgid(3p),  getlogin(3p),  getpwuid(3p),  getuid(3p),  setegid(3p),  seteuid(3p),  setgid(3p),  setregid(3p),  setreuid(3p),  setuid(3p)

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