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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
| commit | a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062 (patch) | |
| tree | cb18f664ed0ee63bee30f6af9b148510b6e9663b /lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 | |
| parent | e7e659d1cc574138f455ed70d58a07294211ff5a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062.zip FreeBSD-src-a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062.tar.gz | |
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 index fd5d636..cd8b718 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 @@ -63,17 +63,16 @@ 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 +system call has been used to swap the real and effective user IDs in set-user-ID programs to temporarily relinquish the set-user-ID value. This purpose is now better served by the use of the -.Fn seteuid -function (see -.Xr setuid 2 ) . +.Xr seteuid 2 +system call. .Pp When setting the real and effective user IDs to the same value, the standard .Fn setuid -function is preferred. +system call is preferred. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std setreuid .Sh ERRORS |
