From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 28 17:10:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3009737B405 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4T09uNg061042; Wed, 29 May 2002 12:09:56 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4T09rZm061041; Wed, 29 May 2002 12:09:53 +1200 (NZST) Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:09:53 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Daniel Blankensteiner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I386< References: <005401c2068a$35c1ebf0$6800a8c0@rafter> <20020529100157.B60716@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <00f501c20696$f970de60$6800a8c0@rafter> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <00f501c20696$f970de60$6800a8c0@rafter>; from db@traceroute.dk on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:28:21AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:28:21AM +0200, Daniel Blankensteiner wrote: > But why does getlogin() give me "root", when I have su'ed to testuser? Because you logged in as "root". getuid() will return "testuser". > And what is the difference between a real and effective user? real and effective user ids may be different, possibly when you run setuid programs. Dunno if this helps what you're trying to achieve. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution." - Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message