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<h3>GETUID(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual           GETUID(2)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       getuid, geteuid - get user identity

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;

       uid_t getuid(void);
       uid_t geteuid(void);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       getuid returns the real user ID of the current process.

       geteuid  returns the effective user ID of the current pro-
       cess.

       The real ID corresponds to the ID of the calling  process.
       The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file
       being executed.

<h3>ERRORS
</h3>       These functions are always successful.

<h3>CONFORMS TO
</h3>       POSIX, BSD 4.3

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=setreuid.htm>setreuid</a>, 
<a href=setuid.htm>setuid</a>, 
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<h3>Linux 0.99.11              23 July 1993                         1
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