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Manual Reference Pages  - SU (1)

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su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs

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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, --command=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.

Written by David MacKenzie.

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

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.

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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