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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2017/man3p/geteuid.3p b/man-pages-posix-2017/man3p/geteuid.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a6d851 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2017/man3p/geteuid.3p @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +'\" et +.TH GETEUID "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH 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. +.\" +.SH NAME +geteuid +\(em get the effective user ID +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <unistd.h> +.P +uid_t geteuid(void); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIgeteuid\fR() +function shall return the effective user ID of the calling process. +The +\fIgeteuid\fR() +function shall not modify +.IR errno . +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The +\fIgeteuid\fR() +function shall always be successful and no return value is reserved to +indicate an error. +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH RATIONALE +In a conforming environment, +\fIgeteuid\fR() +will always succeed. It is possible for implementations to provide +an extension where a process in a non-conforming environment will +not be associated with a user or group ID. It is recommended that such +implementations return (\c +.BR uid_t )\-1 +and set +.IR errno +to indicate such an environment; doing so does not violate +this standard, since such an environment is already an extension. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIgetegid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIgetgid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIgetuid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsetegid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIseteuid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsetgid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsetregid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsetreuid\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsetuid\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<sys_types.h>\fP", +.IR "\fB<unistd.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 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 . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |