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SETRUID(3)	       FreeBSD Library Functions Manual		    SETRUID(3)

NAME
     setruid, setrgid -- set user and group ID

LIBRARY
     Standard C	Library	(libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     setruid(uid_t ruid);

     int
     setrgid(gid_t rgid);

DESCRIPTION
     The setruid() function (setrgid())	sets the real user ID (group ID) of
     the current process.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, the value 0 is	returned; otherwise the
     value -1 is returned and the global variable errno	is set to indicate the
     error.

COMPATIBILITY
     The use of	these calls is not portable.  Their use	is discouraged;	they
     will be removed in	the future.

ERRORS
     The functions fail	if:

     [EPERM]		The user is not	the super user and the ID specified is
			not the	real or	effective ID.

SEE ALSO
     getgid(2),	getuid(2), setegid(2), seteuid(2), setgid(2), setuid(2)

HISTORY
     The setruid() and setrgid() syscalls appeared in 4.2BSD and were dropped
     in	4.4BSD.

FreeBSD	13.0			 June 2, 1993			  FreeBSD 13.0
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