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From: Manas A Kulkarni <mk76@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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Subject: Proc Structure
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Hey !
I am a new member to this list. I recently started kernel programming in
UNIX/FreeBSD. I wish to know whether I can get the user id from the proc
structure and is this user id, if available, the real user id or the
effective user id ?

Thank you,
Manas