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.TH GETRESUID 2 2003-05-26 "Linux 2.4" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getresuid, getresgid \- get real, effective and saved user or group ID
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #define _GNU_SOURCE
.br
.B #include <unistd.h>
.sp
.BI "int getresuid(uid_t *" ruid ", uid_t *" euid ", uid_t *" suid );
.br
.BI "int getresgid(gid_t *" rgid ", gid_t *" egid ", gid_t *" sgid );
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR getresuid ()
and
.BR getresgid ()
(both introduced in Linux 2.1.44)
get the real UID, effective UID, and saved set-user-ID (resp. group ID's)
of the current process.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set appropriately.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EFAULT
One of the arguments specified an address outside the calling program's
address space.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
These calls are non-standard;
they also appear on HP-UX and some of the BSDs.
The prototype is given by glibc since version 2.3.2
provided _GNU_SOURCE is defined.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR getuid (2),
.BR setresuid (2),
.BR setreuid (2),
.BR setuid (2),
.BR feature_test_macros (7)