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| author | Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-08 12:43:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-08 12:43:33 +0000 |
| commit | 5e0c0a9246bb7b144fb7105d1164e4bf4618ccb0 (patch) | |
| tree | fe4887db1feb187aeafca02915e60c0f272c4211 /lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 | |
| parent | c6be5d415a6a4676a6e154232b3b06875b2bd1c7 (diff) | |
| download | src-5e0c0a9246bb7b144fb7105d1164e4bf4618ccb0.tar.gz src-5e0c0a9246bb7b144fb7105d1164e4bf4618ccb0.zip | |
Document the cases in which setreuid changes the saved-user-ID.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=72160
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2')
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 index e2309257dc0d..231c747f982e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Unprivileged users may change the real user ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may make other changes. .Pp +If the real user ID is changed (i.e. +.Fa ruid +is not -1) or the effective user ID is changed to something other than +the real user ID, then the saved user ID will be set to the effective user ID. +.Pp The .Fn setreuid function has been used to swap the real and effective user IDs |