3 su \- temporary become superuser or another user
8 .RI [ shell-arguments " ...]]"
15 can be used to temporarily run a shell under the identity of the superuser
16 or another user. Unless the caller is a member of the operator group, one
17 is prompted for the password of the user-to-be. Calls that need a password
18 are logged, whether they succeed or not. The default user is
20 Further arguments are handed to the shell. By default the shell started is
21 the shell of the invoker, and the environment is passed on as is.
31 Constructs a new environment consisting of the
41 variables. The environment is the same as on a normal login, except that
46 are copied from the current environment if set. The current working
47 directory is changed to the user home directory, the shell of the user-to-be
48 is run, and it is started as a login shell, with the first character a minus
52 Like above, but the shell is started normally, not as a login shell.
58 Kees J. Bot <kjb@cs.vu.nl>