#!/usr/bin/perl print "effective: $>, real: $<\n"; $> = 111; open(O,">foo") or die "Can't write foo: $!\n"; close O or die "Can't close O: $!\n"; $> = 0; open(O,">bar") or die "Can't write bar: $!\n"; close O or die "Can't close O: $!\n"; $> = 111 ; # this must fail. open(O,">bar") or warn "Can't write bar: $!\n"; # change real uid $< = 111; # oops, forgot to set $> to 0 print "effective: $>, real: $<\n"; $< = 0; # no effect print "effective: $>, real: $<\n";