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setfsuid.2: Wording improvements
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The system call
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The system call
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.BR setfsuid ()
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.BR setfsuid ()
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sets the user ID that the Linux kernel uses to check for all accesses
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changes the value of the caller's filesystem user ID\(emthe
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user ID that the Linux kernel uses to check for all accesses
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to the filesystem.
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to the filesystem.
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Normally, the value of
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Normally, the value of
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.I fsuid
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the filesystem user ID
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will shadow the value of the effective user ID.
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will shadow the value of the effective user ID.
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In fact, whenever the
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In fact, whenever the
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effective user ID is changed,
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effective user ID is changed,
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.I fsuid
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the filesystem user ID
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will also be changed to the new value of the effective user ID.
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will also be changed to the new value of the effective user ID.
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Explicit calls to
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Explicit calls to
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.BR setfsuid ()
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.BR setfsuid ()
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will succeed only if the caller is the superuser or if
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will succeed only if the caller is the superuser or if
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.I fsuid
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.I fsuid
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matches either the real user ID, effective user ID, saved set-user-ID, or
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matches either the caller's real user ID, effective user ID,
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the current value of
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saved set-user-ID, or current filesystem user ID.
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.IR fsuid .
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On both success and failure,
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On both success and failure,
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this call returns the previous filesystem user ID of the caller.
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this call returns the previous filesystem user ID of the caller.
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