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
, −−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.
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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