Extracted from Pike v7.6 release 61 at 2005-12-30.
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Method System.seteuid()


Method seteuid

int System.seteuid(int euid)

Description

Set the effective user ID to euid . If euid is -1 the uid for "nobody" will be used.

Returns

Returns the current errno.

Throws

Throws an error if there is no "nobody" user when euid is -1.

Note

This function isn't available on all platforms.