Php/docs/function.posix-seteuid
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posix_seteuid
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)
posix_seteuid — Set the effective UID of the current process
Description
posix_seteuid
( int $uid
) : bool
Set the effective 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.
Parameters
uid
- The user id.
Return Values
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
See Also
- posix_geteuid() - Return the effective user ID of the current process
- posix_setuid() - Set the UID of the current process
- posix_getuid() - Return the real user ID of the current process