[Wylug-help] Talk request

[James Holden (WYLUG)]

John Hodrien wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>
>
>>On Tuesday 24 February 2004 2:21 pm, John Hodrien wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>>>
>>>>'su' stands for switch user (or super user, doesn't really matter).
>>>
>>>Ooo, I'd argue it matters.  Otherwise 'su apache' wouldn't make logical
>>>sense.
>>>
>>>jh
>>
>>Why not? you can do that if you want and it'll work - although apache is
>>probably a bad example.
>>
>>There's nothing to stop me logging in as gary and doing
>>
>>su dev
>
>
> Which is why I was arguing it does matter that it stands for switch user,
> otherwise that command mean super user dev, which is meaningless.
>
> jh

IIRC it was originally meant to be "super user", but you have the
advantage of being able to become another user beside the super user
should you wish.

# man su
su(1M)

NAME
      su - become superuser or another user

James