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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:19:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "UC Computer / Transbay.Net" <root@transbay.net>
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Subject: Re: source for seteuid, etc.
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, UC Computer / Transbay.Net wrote:

> In /usr/src I can find source pointing functions to other functions,
> but can't find the source for the bases, e.g. setreuid, setregid.
> Where are these?

Those are in libc, the standard system library.  Poke in
/usr/src/lib/libc/*.  The man pages should fill  you in on the details.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major