SU

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.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.