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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 index fd5d636c6eed..cd8b7187a58e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 @@ -63,17 +63,16 @@ the real user ID, then the saved user ID will be set to the effective user ID. .Pp The .Fn setreuid -function has been used to swap the real and effective user IDs +system call has been used to swap the real and effective user IDs in set-user-ID programs to temporarily relinquish the set-user-ID value. This purpose is now better served by the use of the -.Fn seteuid -function (see -.Xr setuid 2 ) . +.Xr seteuid 2 +system call. .Pp When setting the real and effective user IDs to the same value, the standard .Fn setuid -function is preferred. +system call is preferred. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std setreuid .Sh ERRORS |