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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-02-06 10:38:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-02-06 10:38:57 +0100 |
| commit | b926779b33e6efdd81d7bb559828fff9563f8ed6 (patch) | |
| tree | 199e04e911e56f369e7f8298cbeb952d480524fa | |
| parent | bdd65639ba37af073e97dffbd74c1dbdec70ef35 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-b926779b33e6efdd81d7bb559828fff9563f8ed6.tar.gz | |
getgid.2, getuid.2: Note that these interfaces never modify 'errno'
See https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=511
and the POSIX.1-2008 specifications of the interfaces.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/getgid.2 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/getuid.2 | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/getgid.2 b/man2/getgid.2 index 713fbfdc98..e0c802e36e 100644 --- a/man2/getgid.2 +++ b/man2/getgid.2 @@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ returns the real group ID of the calling process. .BR getegid () returns the effective group ID of the calling process. .SH ERRORS -These functions are always successful. +These functions are always successful +and never modify +.\" https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=511 +.\" 0000511: getuid and friends should not modify errno +.IR errno . .SH CONFORMING TO POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD. .SH NOTES diff --git a/man2/getuid.2 b/man2/getuid.2 index 76ffe8b60f..6c2768643c 100644 --- a/man2/getuid.2 +++ b/man2/getuid.2 @@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ returns the real user ID of the calling process. .BR geteuid () returns the effective user ID of the calling process. .SH ERRORS -These functions are always successful. +These functions are always successful +and never modify +.\" https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=511 +.\" 0000511: getuid and friends should not modify errno +.IR errno . .SH CONFORMING TO POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD. .SH NOTES |