SETRESUID
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)Updated: 2007-07-26
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NAME
setresuid, setresgid - set real, effective and saved user or group IDSYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE#include <unistd.h>
int setresuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid, uid_t suid);
int setresgid(gid_t rgid, gid_t egid, gid_t sgid);
DESCRIPTION
setresuid() sets the real user ID, the effective user ID, and the saved set-user-ID of the calling process.Unprivileged user processes may change the real UID, effective UID, and saved set-user-ID, each to one of: the current real UID, the current effective UID or the current saved set-user-ID.
Privileged processes (on Linux, those having the CAP_SETUID capability) may set the real UID, effective UID, and saved set-user-ID to arbitrary values.
If one of the arguments equals -1, the corresponding value is not changed.
Regardless of what changes are made to the real UID, effective UID, and saved set-user-ID, the file system UID is always set to the same value as the (possibly new) effective UID.
Completely analogously, setresgid() sets the real GID, effective GID, and saved set-group-ID of the calling process (and always modifies the file system GID to be the same as the effective GID), with the same restrictions for non-privileged processes.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.ERRORS
- EAGAIN
- uid does not match the current UID and this call would bring that user ID over its RLIMIT_NPROC resource limit.
- EPERM
- The calling process is not privileged (did not have the CAP_SETUID capability) and tried to change the IDs to values that are not permitted.
VERSIONS
These calls are available under Linux since Linux 2.1.44.CONFORMING TO
These calls are non-standard; they also appear on HP-UX and some of the BSDs.NOTES
Under HP-UX and FreeBSD the prototype is found in <unistd.h>. Under Linux the prototype is provided by glibc since version 2.3.2.SEE ALSO
getresuid(2), getuid(2), setfsgid(2), setfsuid(2), setreuid(2), setuid(2), capabilities(7), credentials(7), feature_test_macros(7)COLOPHON
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