NAME¶

getsid - get session ID

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <unistd.h> pid_t getsid(pid_t pid);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getsid():

DESCRIPTION¶

getsid(0) returns the session ID of the calling process. getsid(p) returns the session ID of the process with process ID p. (The session ID of a process is the process group ID of the session leader.)

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, a session ID is returned. On error, (pid_t) -1 will be returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS¶

EPERM

A process with process ID p exists, but it is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation considers this an error.

ESRCH

No process with process ID p was found.

VERSIONS¶

This system call is available on Linux since version 2.0.

CONFORMING TO¶

SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES¶

Linux does not return EPERM.

SEE ALSO¶

getpgid(2), setsid(2), credentials(7)

COLOPHON¶

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