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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newshub2.home.com!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!nick.arc.nasa.gov!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!purcell.ecn.purdue.edu!daftary From: "Kuntal M. Daftary" <daftary@ecn.purdue.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 21:26:37 -0500 Organization: Purdue University Lines: 10 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970516212542.27853G-100000@purcell.ecn.purdue.edu> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513170134.19438A-100000@omni2> <Pine.GSO.3.96.970513200952.7143D-100000@tree.Stanford.EDU> <Pine.LNX.3.95.970515180937.229A-100000@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: purcell.ecn.purdue.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970515180937.229A-100000@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45093 comp.os.linux.misc:175737 comp.os.linux.x:61801 alt.os.linux:21264 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3292 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41086 gnu.misc.discuss:31335 comp.unix.solaris:106753 On Thu, 15 May 1997, Mr Happy... wrote: > Clear this up... Substitute User > NAME > su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs well, my man pages say this: NAME su - become super-user or another user