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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!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news-peer.gsl.net!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: richk@panix.com (Rich Kus) 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: 19 May 1997 03:29:25 -0400 Organization: Panix Lines: 34 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5lovgl$76u@panix2.panix.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <5lcjee$g4i$1@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <5lokhg$als$4@hole.sdsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Newsposter: trn 4.0-test55 (26 Feb 97) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45134 comp.os.linux.misc:175843 comp.os.linux.x:61859 alt.os.linux:21313 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3308 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41125 gnu.misc.discuss:31354 comp.unix.solaris:106808 In article <5lokhg$als$4@hole.sdsu.edu>, Tracy R. Reed <treed@rohan.sdsu.edu> wrote: >Joerg Schilling (js@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: >: In article <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com>, >: Brandon Harris <bharris@gaijin.com> wrote: >: >Jonathan Bodarky wrote: >: >> dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so) >: >Device Dump >: >> su = Super User >: >Substitute User > >: Set User > >SU(1L) SU(1L) > > >NAME > su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ it depends on what flavor of unix you are referring to. I have at&t unix sysv r3.2 manual published by prentice-hall and it refers to su - become super-user or another user. richk > >---------- >Tracy Reed >http://ultraviolet.org >http://www.linux.org - Escape the Gates of Hell >