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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!207.172.3.52!feed1.news.erols.com!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!stress.noc.demon.net!hdm From: hdm@demon.net (Dominic Mitchell) 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: Mon, 19 May 1997 16:05:32 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Ltd. Message-ID: <slrn5o0uic.iog.hdm@stress.noc.demon.net> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de><5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com><3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <x6iv0l7uxw.fsf@ez.bts.com> <Pine.LNX.3.95.970516130933.5082E-100000@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au> <Pine.OSF.3.95.970518125907.7181A-100000@email.uah.edu> <hbO7$x8@NewsReader.Com> <33802E2A.79546DDB@actrix.gen.nz> Reply-To: hdm@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: stress.noc.demon.net X-NNTP-Posting-Host: stress.noc.demon.net [195.11.55.5] X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Lines: 23 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45210 comp.os.linux.misc:176135 comp.os.linux.x:62012 alt.os.linux:21407 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3338 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41262 gnu.misc.discuss:31387 comp.unix.solaris:106919 Earlier, Richard Hector <rhector@actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Curt Welch wrote: > > > > Stop this! > > > > su stands for Super User. Period. No matter how much > > the other names seem to make sense, they are wrong. > > > > The old version of su was only used to allow someone to > > become root (i.e. super user). It didn't have the option > > to switch to other arbitray users. That's why it was called > > su. > > Who cares? I'm sure it stands for Something Useful :-) Unless you forget your password, in which case it's Sodding Useless. -Dom -- This posting is not an official communication of Demon Internet Ltd., unless otherwise stated. ---- Work: hdm@demon.net ---- Play: dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk ---- Feet on the ground, mind in the stratosphere - P.L.