Path: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!davem From: davem@bmers58.UUCP (Dave Mielke) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Real and effective userids. Message-ID: <288@bmers58.UUCP> Date: 30 Sep 89 20:04:00 GMT Reply-To: davem@bnr-public.UUCP () Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 5 Can anyone tell me what the "official" distinction is between the real userid and the effective userid of a process is? When a file is created its owner is set to the effective userid of the creating process, whereas when a file is accessed it would appear that the real userid of the accessing process is used when performing the authorization check.