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March 2005
su (coreutils) 5.2.1
User Commands
  • NAME
      su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs
  • SYNOPSIS
      su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]
  • DESCRIPTION


      Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.
      -, -l, --login
      make the shell a login shell
      -c, --commmand=COMMAND
      pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c
      -f, --fast
      pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
      -m, --preserve-environment
      do not reset environment variables
      -p
      same as -m
      -s, --shell=SHELL
      run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it
      --help
      display this help and exit
      --version
      output version information and exit

      A mere - implies -l.   If USER not given, assume root.
  • AUTHOR
      Written by David MacKenzie.
  • REPORTING BUGS
      Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
  • COPYRIGHT
      Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  • SEE ALSO
      The full documentation for su is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and su programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils su

      should give you access to the complete manual.
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