Well, according to Wikipedia, it seems we're all correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_(Unix)
PS: To become another user I generally do: su -u [user] -i This insures I get the same environment that user gets on login-- the -i flag. Frankly, I don't know whether that works the same on BSD or not. Janina Jonathan Cohn writes: > I just verified from the Free BSD man pages and su is described as > "substitute user identity". > > So, if you are comfortable with terminal and share a machine with somebody, > then the command: > sudo su somebody - > > will give you permission to see all that person's files. Of course any > encrypted files like the keychain or one password crypt will still not be > available to you. But all other files when accessed will look like they > were accessed by somebody. > > > > On 29 June 2017 at 11:37, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Let’s call it even, you just hipped me to the proper verbiage around su > > and I hipped you back with the command n new window shortcut. Sounds like > > a fair trade. > > > > > On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:31 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Here we go -- I've been doing it the hard way! <grin> > > > > > > Could I have noticed that? Probably. Did I? Not until you burned it into > > > my sometimes slow noggin! <grin> > > > > > > Janina > > > > > > Scott Granados writes: > > >> Or, if it’s easier, just do a command n for a new window and one will > > automatically open. > > >> > > >>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:20 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> And, when you get the "has no Windows" message, just open one. Do VO+m, > > >>> and go to File then Open. > > >>> > > >>> Scott Granados writes: > > >>>> Just for the less experienced on the list, terminal is just dropping > > you to a unix shell. When you hear people talk about unix this is simply a > > flavor of it that the pretty pictures part of Mac OS runs over. It’s an > > extremely powerful environment and also a well paying career path if you > > learn the Unix based operating systems. > > >>>> > > >>>>> On Jun 28, 2017, at 12:36 AM, Sharon Hooley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> okay, I had success! And now, for even more of a kick, does anyone > > know how to make it say just anything you want to print command? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Fun stuff, > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> On Jun 27, 2017, at 2:51 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Last I ran Terminal, I simply pasted code in and pressed enter. In > > some cases you may be asked for your log in password. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > > >>>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the > > >>>>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > > >>>>>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > > >>>>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > > >>>>>> E-mail: [email protected] > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On 6/27/2017 1:48 PM, Sharon Hooley wrote: > > >>>>>>> Hi, > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I want to try copying and pasting the coding that was sent > > earlier. I found Terminal in the “others” folder. when I entered I found > > my last log-in date, among other things, including shell . I don’t know > > where to type or paste. . Then I inadvertently closed the window so that > > it said, “Terminal has no windows”. 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