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dir: /sys/man/9/eve/
.TH EVE 9 .SH NAME eve, iseve \- privileged user .SH SYNOPSIS .ta \w'\fLchar* 'u .B char *eve; .PP .B int iseve(void) .SH DESCRIPTION .I Eve is a null-terminated string containing the name of the owner of the Plan 9 system (sometimes called the `host owner', see .IR cons (3)). The identity is set on a terminal to the name of the user who logs in. It is set on a CPU server to the .I authid obtained either from NVRAM or by a console prompt. The initial process created by system initialisation is given the .I eve identity. .PP .I Iseve returns true if the current user is .IR eve . Several drivers use .I iseve to check the caller's identity before granting permission to perform certain actions. For example, the console driver allows only the user .I eve to write a new identity into the .B /dev/user file. The privileges are strictly local and do not extend into the network (in particular, to file servers—even ones running on the local machine). .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/9/port/auth.c .SH SEE ALSO .IR auth (2), .IR cap (3), .IR cons (3), .IR authsrv (6), .IR auth (8)