=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/su/su.1,v retrieving revision 1.28 retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 --- src/usr.bin/su/su.1 2010/12/10 19:32:21 1.28 +++ src/usr.bin/su/su.1 2014/04/22 12:53:48 1.29 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: su.1,v 1.28 2010/12/10 19:32:21 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: su.1,v 1.29 2014/04/22 12:53:48 henning Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)su.1 6.12 (Berkeley) 7/29/91 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 10 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 22 2014 $ .Dt SU 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -50,28 +50,6 @@ utility allows a user to run a shell with the user and group ID of another user without having to log out and in as that other user. .Pp -If Kerberos is in use, the password for -.Ar login -(or for -.Dq Ar login Ns /root , -if no login is provided) is requested, and -.Nm -switches to -that user and group ID after obtaining a Kerberos ticket granting access. -A shell is then executed, and any additional -.Ar "shell arguments" -after the login name -are passed to the shell. -If Kerberos is not configured or if there is a Kerberos error, -.Nm -falls back to local password authentication to validate the password for -.Ar login . -If -.Nm -is executed by root, no password is requested and a shell -with the appropriate user ID is executed; no additional Kerberos tickets -are obtained. -.Pp By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of .Ev LOGNAME , .Ev HOME , @@ -128,7 +106,6 @@ .Dq Pa .cshrc file. .It Fl K -Do not attempt to use Kerberos to authenticate the user. This is shorthand for .Dq Nm Fl a Ar passwd , provided for backwards compatibility.