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-rw-r--r--man2/setresuid.27
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man2/setresuid.2 b/man2/setresuid.2
index 27903859b1..b54c140b24 100644
--- a/man2/setresuid.2
+++ b/man2/setresuid.2
@@ -40,14 +40,13 @@ setresuid, setresgid \- set real, effective and saved user or group ID
sets the real user ID, the effective user ID, and the
saved set-user-ID of the calling process.
-Unprivileged user processes
-may change the real UID,
+An unprivileged process may change its real UID,
effective UID, and saved set-user-ID, each to one of:
the current real UID, the current effective UID or the
current saved set-user-ID.
-Privileged processes (on Linux, those having the \fBCAP_SETUID\fP capability)
-may set the real UID, effective UID, and
+A privileged process (on Linux, one having the \fBCAP_SETUID\fP capability)
+may set its real UID, effective UID, and
saved set-user-ID to arbitrary values.
If one of the arguments equals \-1, the corresponding value is not changed.