1SU(1)                            User Commands                           SU(1)
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NAME

6       su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs
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SYNOPSIS

9       su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.
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14       -, -l, --login
15              make  the  shell  a  login  shell, clears all envvars except for
16              TERM, initializes HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME and PATH
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18       -c, --command=COMMAND
19              pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c
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21       --session-command=COMMAND
22              pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not  create  a
23              new session
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25       -f, --fast
26              pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
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28       -m, --preserve-environment
29              do not reset HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME environment variables
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31       -p     same as -m
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33       -s, --shell=SHELL
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36       --help display this help and exit
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38       --version
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41       A mere - implies -l.   If USER not given, assume root.
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AUTHOR

44       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

47       Report su bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
48       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
49       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
50       Report su translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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53       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
54       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
55       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
56       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

59       The  full  documentation  for su is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
60       the info and su programs are properly installed at your site, the  com‐
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69GNU coreutils 8.4                  June 2018                             SU(1)
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