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Diff for /src/usr.bin/su/su.1 between version 1.3 and 1.4

version 1.3, 1996/06/26 05:39:34

version 1.4, 1996/10/12 20:40:38

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.Nm Su

will resort to the local password file to find the password for

.Ar login

if there is a Kerberos error.

if there is a Kerberos error or if Kerberos is not installed.

.Nm su

is executed by root, no password is requested and a shell

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is set to the target login.

.Ev PATH

is set to

.Dq Pa /bin:/usr/bin .

.Dq Pa /usr/bin:/bin .

.Ev TERM

is imported from your current environment.

The invoked shell is the target login's, and

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.Fl m

options are mutually exclusive; the last one specified

overrides any previous ones.

.Pp

If the optional

.Ar "shell arguments"

are provided on the command line, they are passed to the login shell of

the target login. This allows it to pass arbitrary commands via

the

.Fl c

option as understood by most shells. Note that

.Fl c

usually expects a single argument only; you have to quote it when

passing multiple words.

.Pp

If group 0 (normally

.Dq wheel )

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prompt is set to

.Dq Sy \&#

to remind one of its awesome power.

.Sh EXAMPLES

.Bl -tag -width 5n -compact

.It Li "su bin -c makewhatis"

Runs the command

.Li makewhatis

as user

.Li bin .

You will be asked for bin's password unless your real UID is 0.

.Pp

.It Li "su bin -c 'makewhatis /usr/local/man'"

Same as above, but the target command consists of more than a

single word.

.Pp

.It Li "su -l foo"

Pretend a login for user

.Li foo .

.El

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr csh 1 ,

.Xr login 1 ,