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+# drop
+
+An easy way for dropping privileges in Go. Just import `github.com/sid77/drop` and use:
+
+```
+// privileged code here
+// ...
+
+if err := DropPrivileges("some user"); err != nil {
+ log.Fatal(err)
+}
+
+// unprivileged code here
+// ...
+```
+
+drop will take care of calling `setre{s}[g,u]id()` depending on the platform it's being run on.