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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 24 May 1997 11:39:28 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
> > No doubt Peter da Silva has an earlier manual to prove me wrong.
>
> No, the earliest one I have is the Berkeley version of the 7th
> edition manual, which is hardly definitive enough. There used to be
> copies of the manuals online at research.att.com or hereabouths,
> but I haven't been able to locate them recently.
Here's the definitive V7 version:
SU(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual SU(1)
NAME
su - substitute user id temporarily
SYNOPSIS
su [ userid ]
DESCRIPTION
Su demands the password of the specified userid, and if it
is given, changes to that userid and invokes the Shell sh(1)
without changing the current directory or the user environ-
ment (see environ(5)). The new user ID stays in force until
the Shell exits.
If no userid is specified, `root' is assumed. To remind the
super-user of his responsibilities, the Shell substitutes
`#' for its usual prompt.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)