Topic summary
User ID
Extracted from the Wikipedia article User identifier.
Effective user ID
The effective UID (euid) of a process is used for most access checks. It is also used as the owner for files created by that process.
Topic summary
Extracted from the Wikipedia article User identifier.
The effective UID (euid) of a process is used for most access checks. It is also used as the owner for files created by that process.