setuid
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int setuid(uid_t uid);
Status
Declared, not implemented
Conformance
IEEE Std 1003.1-2017
Description
If the process has appropriate privileges, setuid() shall set the real user ID, effective user ID, and the saved
set-user-ID of the calling process to uid.
If the process does not have appropriate privileges, but uid is equal to the real user ID or the saved set-user-ID,
setuid() shall set the effective user ID to uid; the real user ID and saved set-user-ID shall remain unchanged.
The setuid() function shall not affect the supplementary group list in any way.
Return value
Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
Errors
The setuid() function shall fail, return -1, and set errno to the corresponding value if one or more of the
following are true:
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EINVAL- The value of the uid argument is invalid and not supported by the implementation. -
EPERM- The process does not have appropriate privileges and uid does not match the real user ID or the saved set-user-ID.
Tests
Untested
Known bugs
None