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From: kucharsk@uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: again
Message-ID: <1aa=A982=w1010C9TVk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 18 Apr 89 20:51:12 GMT
References: <1051@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <510@visdc.UUCP>
Reply-To: kucharsk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski)
Organization: Amdahl Coup, UTS Products Hen House
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In article <510@visdc.UUCP> jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) writes:
 >In article <1051@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> (Ken Arromdee (600.429)) writes:
 >> extern unsigned short getuid();
 >> ...
 >>
 >>        setuid(getuid());
 >
 >You have declared getuid() to return an unsigned short.  Setuid expects
 >its argument to be an int.  Lint(1) complains.

BSD getuid() returns an int.  SYSV getuid() returns an unsigned short.

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