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34.Dd April 10, 1995
35.Dt CUSERID 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm cuserid
39.Nd get user name associated with effective UID
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libcompat
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In stdio.h
44.Ft char *
45.Fn cuserid "char *s"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Bf -symbolic
48The
49.Fn cuserid
50function is made obsolete by
51.Xr getpwuid 3 .
52.Ef
53.Pp
54The function
55.Fn cuserid
56gets the user name associated with the effective UID of the current
57process.
58If the argument
59.Fa s
60is non-NULL, the name is copied to the buffer it points to,
61and that address is being returned.
62This buffer must provide space
63for at least
64.Em L_cuserid
65characters.
66The L_cuserid constant is defined in
67.In stdio.h .
68.Pp
69If
70.Fa s
71is NULL, an internal array is used and its address will be returned.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73The
74.Fn cuserid
75function returns the address of an array in which the name has been stored.
76.Pp
77If the name associated with the effective UID of the current process
78could not be found, either a null pointer will be returned, or
79(if
80.Fa s
81is non-NULL)
82the buffer
83.Fa s
84will be filled with a null string.
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr geteuid 2 ,
87.Xr getpwuid 3
88