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+/* The user ID that always has appropriate privileges in the POSIX sense.
+
+   Copyright 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+   Written by Paul Eggert.  */
+
+#ifndef ROOT_UID_H_
+#define ROOT_UID_H_
+
+/* The user ID that always has appropriate privileges in the POSIX sense.  */
+#ifdef __TANDEM
+# define ROOT_UID 65535
+#else
+# define ROOT_UID 0
+#endif
+
+#endif