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SU(1) User Commands SU(1) NAME su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs SYNOPSIS su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...] DESCRIPTION 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 --session-command=COMMAND pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not create a new session -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. AUTHOR Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for su is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and su programs are properly installed at your site, the com- mand info su should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 6.9 October 2008 SU(1)