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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-09-12 14:27:46 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-09-12 16:54:36 +0100
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setuid.2: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/setuid.2 b/man2/setuid.2
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--- a/man2/setuid.2
+++ b/man2/setuid.2
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ setuid \- set user identity
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR setuid ()
sets the effective user ID of the calling process.
-If the effective UID of the caller is root
-(more precisely: if the caller has the
+If the calling process is prvileged
+(more precisely: if the process has the
.BR CAP_SETUID
capability),
the real UID and saved set-user-ID are also set.