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Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Allen Kirby
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 00:00
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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'.
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From: Allen Kirby <akirby@att.com>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/15
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