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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/manual/users.texi b/manual/users.texi index 824b8ea70d..5ffd5fd990 100644 --- a/manual/users.texi +++ b/manual/users.texi @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ about a group ID or group name. @c When Hurd is more widely used, explain multiple effective user IDs @c here. -zw At any time, each process has an @dfn{effective user ID}, a @dfn{effective -group ID}, and a set of @dfn{supplementary group IDs}. These IDs +group ID}, and a set of @dfn{supplementary group IDs}. These IDs determine the privileges of the process. They are collectively called the @dfn{persona} of the process, because they determine ``who it is'' for purposes of access control. @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ old effective user ID.) If the process is not privileged, and the system supports the @code{_POSIX_SAVED_IDS} feature, then this function behaves like -@code{seteuid}. +@code{seteuid}. The return values and error conditions are the same as for @code{seteuid}. @end deftypefun @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ to @var{newgid}, provided that the process is privileged. It also deletes the file group ID, if any. If the process is not privileged, then @code{setgid} behaves like -@code{setegid}. +@code{setegid}. The return values and error conditions for @code{setgid} are the same as those for @code{seteuid}. @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ This function works by scanning the group database for all the groups has constructed. The return values and error conditions are the same as for -@code{setgroups}. +@code{setgroups}. @end deftypefun @node Enable/Disable Setuid @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ database specified by @var{wtmp_file}. For possible values for the subset of these functions, they are not standardized. There are often subtle differences in the return types, and there are considerable differences between the various definitions of @code{struct utmp}. When -programming for the GNU system, it is probably probably best to stick +programming for the GNU system, it is probably best to stick with the functions described in this section. If however, you want your program to be portable, consider using the XPG functions described in @ref{XPG Functions}, or take a look at the BSD compatible functions in @@ -1974,4 +1974,3 @@ found in the netgroup. The return value is @code{0} if the netgroup itself is not found, the netgroup does not contain the triple or internal errors occurred. @end deftypefun - |