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setuid.2: Clarify that setuid() changes all UIDs when caller has CAP_SETUID 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-03-22 09:52:28 +01:00
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@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ setuid \- set user identity
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR setuid ()
sets the effective user ID of the calling process.
If the effective UID of the caller is root,
If the effective UID of the caller is root
(more precisely: if the caller has the
.BR CAP_SETUID
capability),
the real UID and saved set-user-ID are also set.
.PP
Under Linux,