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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!web.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 16 May 1997 13:01:38 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 12 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5lhlri$bfi@web.nmti.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <x6iv0l7uxw.fsf@ez.bts.com> <Pine.LNX.3.95.970516130933.5082E-100000@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45051 comp.os.linux.misc:175612 comp.os.linux.x:61730 alt.os.linux:21224 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3271 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41039 gnu.misc.discuss:31309 comp.unix.solaris:106695 The name of the program "su" is taken from the "setuid" system call and the "set user ID" bit. It's a two letter abbreviation because it was written by someone using a 110 baud ASR33 teletype with big ugly hard-to-press round keys. su -- Set User (ID) or "SetUid". -- The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH, 3D0G, KIBO, POPE Ziggy Wotzit II. Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-' What is reality, Papa? Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! Vi er alle Kibo. HEIL KIBO! HEIL KIBO! HEIL KIBO! Wir sind alle Kibo.