SU
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Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 2002
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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.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
su
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
su
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info su
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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