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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 18:10:46 +1000
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> > > > su = Super User
> >
> > I stand corrected on that one...
> >
> > > Substitute User
> > >
>
> I have heard it to mean "switch user". Maybe I am wrong however...
>
> -- Yan
>
Clear this up... Substitute User
NAME
su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs
SYNOPSIS
su [-flmp] [-c command] [-s shell] [--login] [--fast]
[--preserve-environment] [--command=c
[--shell=shell] [-] [--help] [--version] [user [arg...]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of su. su allows one
user to temporarily become another use
runs a shell with the real and effective user ID, group ID, and
supplemental groups of USER. If no
given, the default is root, the super-user. The shell run is taken
from USER's password entry, or /bin
none is specified there. If USER has a password, su prompts for
the password unless run by a user wi
user ID 0 (the super-user).
By default, su does not change the current directory. It sets the
environment variables `HOME' and
from the password entry for USER, and if USER is not the
super-user, sets `USER' and `LOGNAME' to US
default, the shell is not a login shell.
If one or more ARGs are given, they are passed as additional
arguments to the shell.
More info.. "man su"
Andrew