Method: Process#euid

Defined in:

process.c

#euid ⇒ Integer (private) #Process::UID.eid ⇒ Integer (private) #Process::Sys.geteuid ⇒ Integer (private)

Returns the effective user ID for the current process.

Process.euid # => 501

Overloads:

• #euid ⇒ Integer

  Returns:

  • (Integer)
• #Process::UID.eid ⇒ Integer

  Returns:

  • (Integer)
• #Process::Sys.geteuid ⇒ Integer

  Returns:

  • (Integer)

# File 'process.c', line 7314

static VALUE
proc_geteuid(VALUE obj)
{
    rb_uid_t euid = geteuid();
    return UIDT2NUM(euid);
}