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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">posix_seteuid</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the effective UID of the current process</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>posix_seteuid</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$uid</code></span>
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Set the real user ID of the current process. This is a privileged
function and needs appropriate privileges (usually root) on
the system to be able to perform this function.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">uid</code></em></span>
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The user id.
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.posix-setgid.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">posix_setgid()</a> - Set the GID of the current process</span></li>
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