Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: getuid() and geteuid() on Ultrix 2.0
Message-ID: <355@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 29 Oct 88 06:06:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: auspex.355
References: <579@jim.odr.oz>
Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>This is very annoying! Is this an Ultrix only bug (I have nothing else
>to try it on) or am I confused and this is correct behaviour?

This is correct behavior.  "su" changes both the real and effective user
ID on every version of UNIX I've ever seen.  *Not* having that behavior
would be *extremely* annoying....