getuid() vs. geteuid() in auditctl

line 1162 in auditctl.c has this: #ifndef DEBUG /* Make sure we are root */ if (getuid() != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "You must be root to run this program.\n"); return 4; } #endif Is there any particular reason to use getuid() there as opposed to geteuid()? In my particular case, we have a setuid helper that allows a normal user to run 'auditctl -l' (with a clean environment), and this prevents the setuid helper from working. Cheers, peter -- Peter Moody      Google    1.650.253.7306 Security Engineer  pgp:0xC3410038