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getluid(3)
NAME
  getluid, setluid - Get or set the login UID (Enhanced Security)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <prot.h>

  uid_t getluid( );

  #include <prot.h>

  int setluid(
	  uid );

LIBRARY
  Security Library - libsecurity.so

PARAMETERS
  uid An integer representing the user ID being requested.

DESCRIPTION
  The getluid() function gets the login UID associated with the process. The
  login UID is recorded with most audit events generated by the process, and
  is sometimes referred to as the audit UID (AUID). If the login UID has not
  been set yet, getluid() returns an error.

  The setluid() function sets the login UID for a process and all its
  descendants.

RETURN VALUES
  The getluid() function returns the actual UID on success and a -1 for
  failure. The setluid() function returns 0 for success and -1 for failure.

SEE ALSO
  Security

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