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FpSetuid function

In unit BaseUnix

Set the current user ID.

Declaration

pascal
function FpSetuid(uid: TUid): cint

Description

fpSetUID sets the user ID of the current process. This call will only work if it is executed as root, or the program is setuid root.

On success, zero is returned, on error -1 is returned.

Errors

Extended error information can be retrieved with fpGetErrNo.

See also

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