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Red Hat Documentation: man pages: man2: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)

Manpage of GETRESUID

GETRESUID

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 16 July 2025
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NAME

getresuid, getresgid - get real, effective and saved user or group ID  

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int getresuid(uid_t *ruid, uid_t *euid, uid_t *suid);
int getresgid(gid_t *rgid, gid_t *egid, gid_t *sgid);  

DESCRIPTION

getresuid and getresgid (both introduced in Linux 2.1.44) get the real, effective and saved user ID's (resp. group ID's) of the current process.

 

RETURN VALUE

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.  

ERRORS

EFAULT
One of the arguments specified an address outside the calling program's address space.
 

CONFORMING TO

This call is Linux-specific.  

SEE ALSO


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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Time: 11:56:06 GMT, March 24, 2025

 

 
 
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