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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!206.154.70.8!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!cbgw1.lucent.com!newshub.netnews.att.com!news From: Allen Kirby <akirby@att.com> 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: Tue, 27 May 1997 13:30:02 -0400 Organization: AT&T - ITS Production Services Lines: 14 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <338B1A1A.6E66@att.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513170134.19438A-100000@omni2> <Pine.GSO.3.96.970513200952.7143D-100000@tree.Stanford.EDU> <Pine.LNX.3.95.970515180937.229A-100000@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au> <1997May16.090215.8470@lorelei.approve.se> <5m4at9$65o@web-pgs.hstn.tensor.pgs.com> Reply-To: akirby@att.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.20.25.* Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) To: Kevin Hudson <kevinh@hstn.tensor.pgs.*NOSPAM*.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45464 comp.os.linux.misc:177242 comp.os.linux.x:62650 alt.os.linux:21623 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3425 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41707 gnu.misc.discuss:31501 comp.unix.solaris:107721 Kevin Hudson wrote: <snip> > this implies that su = Super User > > AT&T invented UNIX > > QED: The official definition of su is Super User <snip> This was confirmed by Ken Thompson. Su originally stood for super user. The ability to be other users came later. --- Allen Kirby AT&T ITS Production Services akirby@att.com Alpharetta, GA.