Doc #67082 [Opn->Csd]: posix_seteuid does not set the real id

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67082&edit=1 ID: 67082 Updated by: leigh@php.net Reported by: john at etailz dot com Summary: posix_seteuid does not set the real id -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: leigh Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Updated docs to reflect the importance of the letter "e" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-04-15 23:47:51] john at etailz dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.posix-seteuid --- The docs state posix_seteuid sets the real user id of the process. It does not. It sets the effective user id. Test script: --------------- echo " Setting UID to ".UID."\n"; echo " USER ID ".posix_getuid()."\n"; echo " USER ID ".posix_geteuid()."\n"; if(posix_seteuid(UID)){ echo " Successfully set the UID\n"; } else { echo " Setting UID failed\n"; } echo " USER ID ".posix_getuid()."\n"; echo " USER ID ".posix_geteuid()."\n"; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67082&edit=1