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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" from: @(#)setuid.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
+.\" $Id: setruid.3,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:41:46 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd April 19, 1991
+.Dt SETRUID 3
+.Os BSD 4.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm setruid ,
+.Nm setrgid
+.Nd set user and group ID
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn setruid "uid_t uid"
+.Ft int
+.Fn setrgid "gid_t gid"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn setruid
+function
+.Pq Fn setrgid
+sets the real user ID (group ID)
+of the current process to the specified value.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon success, these functions return 0;
+otherwise \-1 is returned.
+.Pp
+If the user is not the super user, or the uid (gid) specified is not
+the real or effective ID of the process,
+these functions return \-1.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr setuid 2 ,
+.Xr setgid 2 ,
+.Xr seteuid 2 ,
+.Xr setegid 2 ,
+.Xr getuid 2 ,
+.Xr getgid 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn setruid
+and
+.Fn setrgid
+syscalls appeared in
+.Bx 4.2
+and were dropped in
+.Bx 4.4 .