#include <sys/types.h>
uid_t getuid(void);
uid_t geteuid(void);
The real user ID identifies the person who is logged in. The effective user ID gives the process additional permissions during execution of ``set-user-ID'' mode processes, which use getuid to determine the real-user-id of the process that invoked them.
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