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setuid.2: Remove crufty statement that seteuid() is not in POSIX 

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569812

Reported-by: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@2008.43-1.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2010-02-21 14:43:05 +01:00
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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" <richard@greenend.org.uk>, aeb 970616. .\" <richard@greenend.org.uk>, aeb 970616.
.\" Modified, 27 May 2004, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" Modified, 27 May 2004, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Added notes on capability requirements .\" Added notes on capability requirements
.TH SETUID 2 2004-05-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .TH SETUID 2 2010-02-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME .SH NAME
setuid \- set user identity setuid \- set user identity
.SH SYNOPSIS .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Thus, a set-user-ID-root program wishing to temporarily drop root
privileges, assume the identity of an unprivileged user, and then regain privileges, assume the identity of an unprivileged user, and then regain
root privileges afterwards cannot use root privileges afterwards cannot use
.BR setuid (). .BR setuid ().
You can accomplish this with the (non-POSIX, BSD) call You can accomplish this with
.BR seteuid (2). .BR seteuid (2).
.SH "RETURN VALUE" .SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success, zero is returned. On success, zero is returned.