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35.Dd February 8, 2001
36.Dt SETREUID 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm setreuid
40.Nd set real and effective user IDs
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In unistd.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn setreuid "uid_t ruid" "uid_t euid"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The real and effective user IDs of the
49current process are set according to the arguments.
50If
51.Fa ruid
52or
53.Fa euid
54is -1, the current uid is filled in by the system.
55Unprivileged users may change the real user
56ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may
57make other changes.
58.Pp
59The
60.Fn setreuid
61function has been used to swap the real and effective user IDs
62in set-user-ID programs to temporarily relinquish the set-user-ID value.
63This purpose is now better served by the use of the
64.Fn seteuid
65function (see
66.Xr setuid 2 ) .
67.Pp
68When setting the real and effective user IDs to the same value,
69the standard
70.Fn setuid
71function is preferred.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73.Rv -std setreuid
74.Sh ERRORS
75.Bl -tag -width Er
76.It Bq Er EPERM
77The current process is not the super-user and a change
78other than changing the effective user-id to the real user-id
79was specified.
80.El
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr getuid 2 ,
83.Xr issetugid 2 ,
84.Xr seteuid 2 ,
85.Xr setuid 2
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Fn setreuid
89system call appeared in
90.Bx 4.2 .