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35.Dd March 10, 1991
36.Dt SETREUID 2
37.Os BSD 4
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm setreuid
40.Nd set real and effective user ID's
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <unistd.h>
43.Ft int
44.Fn setreuid "int ruid" "int euid"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The real and effective user ID's of the
47current process are set according to the arguments.
48If
49.Fa ruid
50or
51.Fa euid
52is -1, the current uid is filled in by the system.
53Unprivileged users may change the real user
54ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may
55make other changes.
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise,
58a value of -1 is returned and
59.Va errno
60is set to indicate the error.
61.Sh ERRORS
62.Bl -tag -width Er
63.It Bq Er EPERM
64The current process is not the super-user and a change
65other than changing the effective user-id to the real user-id
66was specified.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr getuid 2 ,
70.Xr setregid 2 ,
71.Xr setuid 3
72.Sh HISTORY
73The
74.Fn setreuid
75function call appeared in
76.Bx 4.2 .
77