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class method

Process::Sys.geteuid

Process.euid → integer
Process::UID.eid → integer
Process::Sys.geteuid → integer

Returns the effective user ID for this process.

Example
Process.euid   #=> 501
See also .getegid .getgid .getuid also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0