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, −−loginmake the shell a login shell
−c, −−command=COMMANDpass a single COMMAND to the shell with −c
−f, −−fastpass −f to the
shell (for csh or tcsh)
−m, −−preserve−environmentdo not reset environment variables
−psame as −m
−s, −−shell=SHELLrun SHELL if /etc/shells allows it
−−helpdisplay this help and exit
−−versionoutput version information and exit
A mere − implies −l. If USER not given, assume root.
Report su bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report su translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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 invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. |