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su ? run a shell with substitute user and group IDs |
su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...] |
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. |
Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>. |
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 su |
should give you access to the complete manual. |
Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |