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
- -g --group=group
- specify the primary group
- -G --supp-group=group
- specify a supplemental group
- -c, --commmand=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 © 2006 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 command
- info su
should give you access to the complete manual.