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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 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!EU.net!CERN.ch!news.cern.ch!danpop From: Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ues5.cern.ch Message-ID: <danpop.863900568@news.cern.ch> Sender: news@news.cern.ch (USENET News System) Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #18 (NOV) 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> <337B106B.4021@att.com> <5li53q$gvo@overload.lbl.gov> Distribution: inet Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 20:22:48 GMT Lines: 19 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45147 comp.os.linux.misc:175912 comp.os.linux.x:61901 alt.os.linux:21342 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3316 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41150 gnu.misc.discuss:31362 comp.unix.solaris:106835 In <5li53q$gvo@overload.lbl.gov> envbvs@epb1.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) writes: >The SunOs 4.1.3 "man 1 su" has "super-user": > >SU(1V) USER COMMANDS SU(1V) > >NAME > su - super-user, temporarily switch to a new user ID In this context, super-user doesn't make any sense at all. If I have two ordinary accounts on the same system, I can use su to switch between them. The super-user has nothing to do here. Dan -- Dan Pop CERN, IT Division Email: Dan.Pop@cern.ch Mail: CERN - PPE, Bat. 31 1-014, CH-1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland