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getegid

Intro

getegid - get process effective group ID

Description

The getegid() system call returns the effective group ID of the calling process. This is the group ID that the kernel uses when checking group permissions for the calling process.

Arguments

This syscall does not accept any arguments.

Hooks

getegid

Type

kprobe

Purpose

This function is hooked to collect data on process effective group ID

Example Use Case

getegid() is useful in multi-user systems to ensure that every user has the correct set of resource access permissions.

Issues

None

  • geteuid() - get process effective user ID

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