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+.\" @(#)setreuid.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd February 8, 2001
+.Dt SETREUID 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm setreuid
+.Nd set real and effective user ID's
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn setreuid "uid_t ruid" "uid_t euid"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The real and effective user IDs of the
+current process are set according to the arguments.
+If
+.Fa ruid
+or
+.Fa euid
+is -1, the current uid is filled in by the system.
+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
+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
+.Xr seteuid 2
+system call.
+.Pp
+When setting the real and effective user IDs to the same value,
+the standard
+.Fn setuid
+system call is preferred.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std setreuid
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The current process is not the super-user and a change
+other than changing the effective user-id to the real user-id
+was specified.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getuid 2 ,
+.Xr issetugid 2 ,
+.Xr seteuid 2 ,
+.Xr setuid 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn setreuid
+system call appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .
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