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from syscalls.texi on 4 June 1994 -->
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<TITLE>Syscall specifications of Linux - setuid</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="SEC69" HREF="syscalls_toc.html#SEC69" tppabs="http://www.infran.ru/TechInfo/syscalls/syscalls_toc.html#SEC69">setuid</A></H2>
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<H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>
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<CODE>int setuid(gid_t <VAR>uid</VAR>);</CODE>
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<H3>PARAMETERS</H3>
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<VAR>uid</VAR>: [in] the new uid.
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<H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>
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If the calling task does not have superuser privileges, it may use
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<CODE>setuid</CODE> to sets its effective uid to its saved uid or its real uid
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(other values are illegal). If the calling task has superuser
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privileges, the real, effective and saved uids are set to <VAR>uid</VAR>.
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<H3>RETURN VALUE</H3>
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On success, returns 0. On error, returns -1 and <CODE>errno</CODE> is set
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to one of the following values: <CODE>EPERM</CODE>: the <VAR>uid</VAR> is not the
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real uid or the saved uid of the task and the task does not have
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superuser privileges.
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