hholzgra Sun Dec 16 06:51:32 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/functions posix.xml
Log:
added documentation for seteuid() and setegid()
Index: phpdoc/en/functions/posix.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/posix.xml:1.17 phpdoc/en/functions/posix.xml:1.18
--- phpdoc/en/functions/posix.xml:1.17 Wed Dec 12 15:47:20 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/functions/posix.xml Sun Dec 16 06:51:32 2001
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
<reference id="ref.posix">
<title>POSIX functions</title>
<titleabbrev>POSIX</titleabbrev>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>posix_setuid</refname>
<refpurpose>
- Set the effective UID of the current process
+ Set the UID of the current process
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
@@ -202,11 +202,38 @@
</refsect1>
</refentry>
+ <refentry id="function.posix-seteuid">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>posix_seteuid</refname>
+ <refpurpose>
+ Set the effective UID of the current process
+ </refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>bool <function>posix_seteuid</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the real user ID of the current process. This is a privileged
+ function and you need appropriate privileges (usually root) on
+ your system to be able to perform this function.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Returns &true; on success, &false; otherwise. See also
+ <function>posix_setgid</function>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+
<refentry id="function.posix-setgid">
<refnamediv>
<refname>posix_setgid</refname>
<refpurpose>
- Set the effective GID of the current process
+ Set the GID of the current process
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
@@ -224,6 +251,32 @@
appropriate order of function calls is
<function>posix_setgid</function> first,
<function>posix_setuid</function> last.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Returns &true; on success, &false; otherwise.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="function.posix-setegid">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>posix_setegid</refname>
+ <refpurpose>
+ Set the effective GID of the current process
+ </refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>bool <function>posix_setegid</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>gid</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the effective group ID of the current process. This is a
+ privileged function and you need appropriate privileges (usually
+ root) on your system to be able to perform this function.
</para>
<para>
Returns &true; on success, &false; otherwise.
