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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
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17       -c, --command=COMMAND
18              pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c
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20       --session-command=COMMAND
21              pass  a  single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not create a
22              new session
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24       -f, --fast
25              pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
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27       -m, --preserve-environment
28              do not reset environment variables
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30       -p     same as -m
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32       -s, --shell=SHELL
33              run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it
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35       --help display this help and exit
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37       --version
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40       A mere - implies -l.   If USER not given, assume root.
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AUTHOR

43       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

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

58       The full documentation for su is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.   If
59       the  info and su programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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62              info coreutils 'su invocation'
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64       should give you access to the complete manual.
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68GNU coreutils 8.5                November 2010                           SU(1)
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