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.\" 2004-07-04 by aeb
.\" 2004-05-27 by Michael Kerrisk
.\"
-.TH setreuid 2 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH setreuid 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
setreuid, setregid \- set real and/or effective user or group ID
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -120,17 +120,7 @@ swapping the effective user (group) ID with the real user (group) ID,
or (ii) setting one to the value of the other or (iii) setting the
effective user (group) ID to the value of the
saved set-user-ID (saved set-group-ID) was specified.
-.SH STANDARDS
-POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD
-.RB ( setreuid ()
-and
-.BR setregid ()
-first appeared in 4.2BSD).
-.SH NOTES
-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
+.SH VERSIONS
POSIX.1 does not specify all of the UID changes that Linux permits
for an unprivileged process.
For
@@ -150,6 +140,14 @@ across implementations.
.PP
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
+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
The original Linux
.BR setreuid ()