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An unprivileged process is a process with a non-zero its [[#Effective_User_ID|effective user ID]]. | |||
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=Effective Group ID= | =Effective Group ID= | ||
=Supplementary Group List= | =Supplementary Group List= | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 1 March 2021
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Privileged Process
Traditional UNIX implementations distinguish two categories of processes for the purpose of performing permission checks: privileged processes and unprivileged processes. A privileged process is a process with its effective user ID is 0, referred to as superuser or root.
Unprivileged Process
An unprivileged process is a process with a non-zero its effective user ID.