Hi, I apologize; I stand corrected. I got the following from http://linux.com/develop/man/1/su NAME su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs SYNOPSIS su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...] DESCRIPTION Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER. -, -l, --login make the shell a login shell -c, --commmand=COMMAND pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c -f, --fast pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh) -m, --preserve-environment do not reset environment variables -p same as -m -s, --shell=SHELL run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit A mere - implies -l. If USER not given, assume root. From this, I take it that it stands for "Substitute User". (I got "Super User" from a book, and when I remember which one it was, I will post its name here) David Charles On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Michael Scottaline wrote: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:40:08 -0400 (EDT) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > > > Hi, > > > > su stands for Super User; > > > > David Charles > ========================== > Isn't is "switch user"? If you su <another user> and give that user's > password, you go to that users account rather than root. If you simply > su, I believe root simply acts as the default and that password works. > Mike > > -- > "No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed > from the enemy until it is ripe for execution." > ��������������������������������Machiavelli from _The Art of War_ > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
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