.\"set the effective user id (euid) of an object .DT seteuid Discworld driver help seteuid Name .SI 5 seteuid() - set the effective user id (euid) of an object .EI Synopsis .SI 5 int seteuid(string str); .EI Description .SP 5 5 Set effective uid to `str'. valid_seteuid() in master.c controls which values the euid of an object may be set to. The euid can always be set to getuid() or 0. When this value is 0, then current objects uid can be changed by export_uid(), and only then. But, when the value is 0, no objects can be loaded or cloned by this object. .EP See also .SI 5 export_uid(3), geteuid(3), seteuid(3). .EI