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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
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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