NAME Unix::setuid - Get/set real/effective UID/username via (localizeable) variable VERSION This document describes version 0.02 of Unix::setuid (from Perl distribution Unix-setuid), released on 2014-10-09. SYNOPSIS use Unix::setuid; # exports $RUID, $EUID, $RUSER, $EUSER say "Real UID : $RUID"; say "Effective UID : $EUID"; say "Real username : $RUSER"; say "Effective user: $EUSER"; { # become UID 1000 temporarily local $EUID = 1000; # same thing #local $EUSER = "jajang"; # or 1000 } # we're back to previous UID/user DESCRIPTION This module is inspired by File::chdir and File::umask, using a tied scalar variable to get/set stuffs. One benefit of this is being able to use Perl's "local" with it, effectively setting something locally. EXPORTS $RUID (real UID) This will get/set $<. $EUID (effective UID) This will get/set $>. $RUSER (real user) Same as $RUID except you will get username and you can set using UID/username. Will return numeric UID if no user exists with that ID. Will die if setting to non-existing username. $EUSER (effective user) Same as $EUID except you will get username and you can set using UID/username. Will return numeric UID if no user exists with that ID. Will die if setting to non-existing username. SEE ALSO Perl's $< and $>. Other modules with the same concept: File::chdir, File::umask, Locale::Tie. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2014 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.