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
18 /* Temporarily changes to the given uid. If the effective user id is not
19 root, this does nothing. This call cannot be nested. */
20 void temporarily_use_uid(uid_t uid);
22 /* Restores the original effective user id after temporarily_use_uid().
23 This should only be called while temporarily_use_uid is effective. */
26 /* Permanently sets all uids to the given uid. This cannot be called while
27 temporarily_use_uid is effective. This must also clear any saved uids. */
28 void permanently_set_uid(uid_t uid);
30 #endif /* UIDSWAP_H */