On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:20:14 -0400, Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I apologize; I stand corrected. I got the following from > > http://linux.com/develop/man/1/su > > > <snip> > > > > 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, > > No need to post the name of the book. Referring to SU as the "Super > User" seems to be a common thing to do, among users and books. I > suspect that civileme gave the correct original answer in his post, but > I forget exactly what he said -- was it "Switch UID" (or substitute UID? It was SetUid (an old command from libc), which means "Set User ID". Therefore, su means "Set User". -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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