Name

geteuid, getegid - get effective user / group id

Synopsis

#include <unistd.h>

uid_t geteuid(void);
gid_t getegid(void);

Description

Returns the effective user or group id.

See also

• setuid_overview(7)
• getuid(2) / getgid(2)
• getresuid(2) / getresgid(2)
• seteuid(2) / setegid(2)
• setuid(2) / setgid(2)
• setresuid(2) / setresgid(2)