5 * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
7 * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
10 * Created: Sat Sep 9 01:43:15 1995 ylo
11 * Last modified: Sat Sep 9 02:34:04 1995 ylo
19 * Temporarily changes to the given uid. If the effective user id is not
20 * root, this does nothing. This call cannot be nested.
22 void temporarily_use_uid(uid_t uid);
25 * Restores the original effective user id after temporarily_use_uid().
26 * This should only be called while temporarily_use_uid is effective.
31 * Permanently sets all uids to the given uid. This cannot be called while
32 * temporarily_use_uid is effective. This must also clear any saved uids.
34 void permanently_set_uid(uid_t uid);
36 #endif /* UIDSWAP_H */