setuid

Syntax

#include <unistd.h>

int setuid(uid_t uid);

Description

This function is simulated, since MS-DOS does not support user IDs.

Return Value

If uid is equal to that returned by see section getuid, returns zero. Otherwise, returns -1 and sets errno to EPERM.

Portability

not ANSI, POSIX

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