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25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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32.\" @(#)setuid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt SETUID 2
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm setuid ,
40.Nm seteuid ,
41.Nm setgid ,

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116.Fn seteuid
117and
118.Fn setegid
119functions are extensions based on the
120.Tn POSIX
121concept of
122.Li _POSIX_SAVED_IDS ,
123and have been proposed for a future revision of the standard.
124.Sh HISTORY
125A
126.Fn setuid
127and a
128setgid
129function call appeared in
130.At v7 .