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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/setreuid.2')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/man2/setreuid.2 b/man2/setreuid.2 index 121deb4..e887619 100644 --- a/man2/setreuid.2 +++ b/man2/setreuid.2 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" 2004-07-04 by aeb .\" 2004-05-27 by Michael Kerrisk .\" -.TH setreuid 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH setreuid 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME setreuid, setregid \- set real and/or effective user or group ID .SH LIBRARY @@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int setreuid(uid_t " ruid ", uid_t " euid ); .BI "int setregid(gid_t " rgid ", gid_t " egid ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR setreuid (), .BR setregid (): .nf @@ -45,22 +45,22 @@ Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .SH DESCRIPTION .BR setreuid () sets real and effective user IDs of the calling process. -.PP +.P Supplying a value of \-1 for either the real or effective user ID forces the system to leave that ID unchanged. -.PP +.P Unprivileged processes may only set the effective user ID to the real user ID, the effective user ID, or the saved set-user-ID. -.PP +.P Unprivileged users may only set the real user ID to the real user ID or the effective user ID. -.PP +.P If the real user ID is set (i.e., .I ruid is not \-1) or the effective user ID is set to a value not equal to the previous real user ID, the saved set-user-ID will be set to the new effective user ID. -.PP +.P Completely analogously, .BR setregid () sets real and effective group ID's of the calling process, @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set to indicate the error. -.PP +.P .IR Note : there are cases where .BR setreuid () @@ -137,18 +137,18 @@ and the effective group ID can be changed to the value of the real group ID or the saved set-group-ID. The precise details of what ID changes are permitted vary across implementations. -.PP +.P POSIX.1 makes no specification about the effect of these calls on the saved set-user-ID and saved set-group-ID. .SH STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. .SH HISTORY POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD (first appeared in 4.2BSD). -.PP +.P Setting the effective user (group) ID to the saved set-user-ID (saved set-group-ID) is possible since Linux 1.1.37 (1.1.38). -.PP +.P The original Linux .BR setreuid () and |