setreuid (3p) - Linux Manuals

setreuid: set real and effective user IDs

PROLOG

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

setreuid - set real and effective user IDs

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int setreuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid);

DESCRIPTION

The setreuid() function shall set the real and effective user IDs of the current process to the values specified by the ruid and euid arguments. If ruid or euid is -1, the corresponding effective or real user ID of the current process shall be left unchanged.

A process with appropriate privileges can set either ID to any value. An unprivileged process can only set the effective user ID if the euid argument is equal to either the real, effective, or saved user ID of the process.

It is unspecified whether a process without appropriate privileges is permitted to change the real user ID to match the current real, effective, or saved set-user-ID of the process.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The setreuid() function shall fail if:

EINVAL

The value of the ruid or euid argument is invalid or out-of-range.

EPERM

The current process does not have appropriate privileges, and either an attempt was made to change the effective user ID to a value other than the real user ID or the saved set-user-ID or an attempt was made to change the real user ID to a value not permitted by the implementation.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

Setting the Effective User ID to the Real User ID

The following example sets the effective user ID of the calling process to the real user ID, so that files created later will be owned by the current user.

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
...
setreuid(getuid(), getuid());
...

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 .