.\" $OpenBSD: issetugid.2,v 1.7 1997/02/18 00:16:09 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software .\" must display the following acknowledgement: .\" This product includes software developed by the University of .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd August, 25 1996 .Dt ISSETUGID 2 .Os OpenBSD 2.0 .Sh NAME .Nm issetugid .Nd is current executable running setuid or setgid .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <unistd.h> .Ft int .Fn issetugid void .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn issetugid function returns 1 if the process was made setuid or setgid as the result of the last .Fn execve system call. Otherwise it returns 0. .Pp This system call exists so that library routines (inside libc, libtermlib, or other libraries) can gaurantee safe behavior when used inside setuid or setgid programs. Some library routines may not be passed sufficient information to know if the current program was started setuid or setgid because higher level calling code may have made changes to the uid or the euid. In particular, it is wise to use this call to determine if a pathname returned from a .Fn getenv call may safely be used to .Fn open the specified file. .Pp .Fn issetugid is unaffected by calls to .Fn setuid , .Fn fork , and other such calls. It is only controlled by .Fn execve . .Sh ERRORS The .Fn issetugid function is always successful, and no return value is reserved to indicate an error. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr execve 2 , .Xr setuid 2 , .Xr seteuid 2, .Xr setgid 2 , .Xr setegid 2 .Sh HISTORY A .Fn lstat function call appeared in OpenBSD 2.0