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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!rutgers!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!xmission!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: User Structure Date: 3 Aug 1994 04:24:58 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <31n66q$9te@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <giDc6aO00VpDM5bFEb@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <giDc6aO00VpDM5bFEb@andrew.cmu.edu> Scott Eric Colville <sc5i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: ] Within a normal function, how can I get access to the user structure for ] the current process? Through the functional interfaces in section 2 of the manual, like getpid(), getcwd(), getuid(), etc. Any "access" above and beyond that would allow you to alter your UID/GID to that of "root". Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.