Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Brian V. Smith
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:00

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In article <337B106B.4021@att.com>, Allen Kirby <akirby@att.com> writes:
|> Mr Happy... wrote:
|> <snip>
|> > 
|> > Clear this up... Substitute User
|> > NAME
|> >        su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs
|> > 
|> <snip>
|> 
|> All that means is that the person who wrote the gnu man page thought
|> it meant 'substitute'.  The solaris man page doesn't say one way or
|> another.  I think the answer is 'switch user'.

The SunOs 4.1.3 "man 1 su" has "super-user":

SU(1V)                   USER COMMANDS                     SU(1V)

NAME
     su - super-user, temporarily switch to a new user ID

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From: envbvs@epb1.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/16
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