"Michael E. McColm" wrote:
>
> Tom Clements wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 26 April 2000, "Carl B. Constantine" wrote:
> > >
> > > On 4/26/2000 10:07, Paul Gray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > I thought that it really meant "substitute user", like the man page says
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/26/2000 8:48, rsevenic at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd be surprised if 'su' means 'super user'.
> > > > Certainly root is the default, but you can su
> > > > to other users. I'd guess it would mean
> > > >
> > > > 'substitute user'
> > >
> > >
> > > OK OK, I succumbed to the heat of the moment. Yes indeed it is substitute
> > > user. Super User is the more often quoted evil twin ;-) ppl use super user
> > > because they can become root which is "the" super user.
> > >
> > > <action>bangs head on desk</action>
> > >
> > > Thanks for the correction.
> >
> > Not trying to rant on this but I was interested in the actual naming of the su
>command. I went back through my old text books and everyone (twice) that mentioned
>the su command refered to it as "shell user". I could not find "substitute user"
>anywhere. If you go to page 131 in Linux in a nutshell 2nd ed. it says "Create a
>shell with the effective user ID of another user". Actually though, everyone I have
>talked to, refer to it as superuser. So no matter what we call it, it still does the
>same job. ;-)
>
> I just had a look at the FreeBSD man page for su and it gives
> "substitute user identity". The man page also mentions that a su command
> first appeared in Version 1 AT&T Unix, is anyone running that? ;-)
>
> >
> > Carl, ice works for those nogging bumps :-)
> >
Nope but typing info su gets to the same end result.
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