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From: Kevin Hudson <kevinh@hstn.tensor.pgs.*NOSPAM*.com>
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, 23 May 1997 09:49:19 -0500
Organization: Systems Support
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References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <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> <1997May16.090215.8470@lorelei.approve.se>
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Goran Larsson wrote
>
> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970515180937.229A-100000@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au>,
> Mr Happy... <crucible@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au> wrote:
>
> > Clear this up... Substitute User
>
> he said, and included the manpage for the GNU su program:
>
> > NAME
> > su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs
>
> To this I say... Super-User
>
> and give the SunOS 4.1.4 manpage
>
> | NAME
> | su - super-user, temporarily switch to a new user ID
>
> and SunOS 5.4 manpage as evidence:
>
> | NAME
> | su - become super-user or another user
>
> I also say... Switch to another User
>
> and give the HP-UX 10.10 manpage as evidence:
>
> | NAME
> | su - switch to another user name
>
> --
> Goran Larsson mailto:hoh @ approve . se
> I was an atheist, http://home1.swipnet . se/%7Ew-12153/
> until I found out I was God.
From the AT&T UNIX System V Users reference Manual.
"SU(1M) (Essential Utilities) SU(1M)
NAME
su - become super-user or another user
SYNOPSIS
su [-] [ name [ arg ...]]
DESCRIPTION
su allows one to become another user without logging off. The
default user name is root (i.e., super-user)"
this implies that su = Super User
AT&T invented UNIX
QED: The official definition of su is Super User
Just my 2¢ worth.
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