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| author | nectar <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-08 12:43:33 +0000 |
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| committer | nectar <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-08 12:43:33 +0000 |
| commit | a7ec51af6e09d44fd6782f5cb5c66f17a7b86003 (patch) | |
| tree | 44f1e36e64fa72bad0e594d52518876789b6fa4c /lib/libc/sys | |
| parent | 0ac7eb37179eff9c2a2a051d5d42477e6a58fe24 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a7ec51af6e09d44fd6782f5cb5c66f17a7b86003.zip FreeBSD-src-a7ec51af6e09d44fd6782f5cb5c66f17a7b86003.tar.gz | |
Document the cases in which setreuid changes the saved-user-ID.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 index e230925..231c747 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Unprivileged users may change the real user ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may make other changes. .Pp +If the real user ID is changed (i.e. +.Fa ruid +is not -1) or the effective user ID is changed to something other than +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 |
