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Adds the following to process:

- `process.geteuid()`
- `process.seteuid(id)`
- `process.getegid()`
- `process.setegid(id)`
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evanlucas committed Apr 27, 2015
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68 changes: 68 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/process.markdown
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}


## process.getegid()

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
Android)

Gets the effective group identity of the process. (See getegid(2).)
This is the numerical group id, not the group name.

if (process.getegid) {
console.log('Current gid: ' + process.getegid());
}


## process.setgid(id)

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
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}


## process.setegid(id)

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
Android)

Sets the effective group identity of the process. (See setegid(2).)
This accepts either a numerical ID or a groupname string. If a groupname
is specified, this method blocks while resolving it to a numerical ID.

if (process.getegid && process.setegid) {
console.log('Current gid: ' + process.getegid());
try {
process.setegid(501);
console.log('New gid: ' + process.getegid());
}
catch (err) {
console.log('Failed to set gid: ' + err);
}
}


## process.getuid()

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
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}


## process.geteuid()

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
Android)

Gets the effective user identity of the process. (See geteuid(2).)
This is the numerical userid, not the username.

if (process.geteuid) {
console.log('Current uid: ' + process.geteuid());
}


## process.setuid(id)

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
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}


## process.seteuid(id)

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
Android)

Sets the effective user identity of the process. (See seteuid(2).)
This accepts either a numerical ID or a username string. If a username
is specified, this method blocks while resolving it to a numerical ID.

if (process.geteuid && process.seteuid) {
console.log('Current uid: ' + process.geteuid());
try {
process.seteuid(501);
console.log('New uid: ' + process.geteuid());
}
catch (err) {
console.log('Failed to set uid: ' + err);
}
}


## process.getgroups()

Note: this function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows,
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}


static void GetEUid(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
// uid_t is an uint32_t on all supported platforms.
args.GetReturnValue().Set(static_cast<uint32_t>(geteuid()));
}


static void GetEGid(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
// gid_t is an uint32_t on all supported platforms.
args.GetReturnValue().Set(static_cast<uint32_t>(getegid()));
}


static void SetGid(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);

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}


static void SetEGid(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);

if (!args[0]->IsUint32() && !args[0]->IsString()) {
return env->ThrowTypeError("setegid argument must be a number or string");
}

gid_t gid = gid_by_name(env->isolate(), args[0]);

if (gid == gid_not_found) {
return env->ThrowError("setegid group id does not exist");
}

if (setegid(gid)) {
return env->ThrowErrnoException(errno, "setegid");
}
}


static void SetUid(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);

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}


static void SetEUid(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);

if (!args[0]->IsUint32() && !args[0]->IsString()) {
return env->ThrowTypeError("seteuid argument must be a number or string");
}

uid_t uid = uid_by_name(env->isolate(), args[0]);

if (uid == uid_not_found) {
return env->ThrowError("seteuid user id does not exist");
}

if (seteuid(uid)) {
return env->ThrowErrnoException(errno, "seteuid");
}
}


static void GetGroups(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);

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#if defined(__POSIX__) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
env->SetMethod(process, "getuid", GetUid);
env->SetMethod(process, "geteuid", GetEUid);
env->SetMethod(process, "setuid", SetUid);
env->SetMethod(process, "seteuid", SetEUid);

env->SetMethod(process, "setgid", SetGid);
env->SetMethod(process, "setegid", SetEGid);
env->SetMethod(process, "getgid", GetGid);
env->SetMethod(process, "getegid", GetEGid);

env->SetMethod(process, "getgroups", GetGroups);
env->SetMethod(process, "setgroups", SetGroups);
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