Real and effective userids.

[Dinh Vu]

In article <288 at bmers58.UUCP>, davem at bmers58.UUCP (Dave Mielke) writes:
> Can anyone tell me what the "official" distinction is between the real
> userid and the effective userid of a process is?

	The real userid is the login id (the id from the passwd file), 
	and used for communication only.  The effective userid is used 
	for accounting and other stuves... 

Dinh
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