NAME

geteuid - get the effective user ID

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

uid_t geteuid(void);

DESCRIPTION

The geteuid() function returns the effective user ID of the calling process.

RETURN VALUE

The geteuid() function is always successful and no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

getuid(), setuid(), <sys/types.h>, <unistd.h>.