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From: cdl@chiton.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Substitute-User or Super-User ?
Keywords: su, superuser, substitue user.
Message-ID: <687@chiton.ucsd.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 16:01:20 GMT
References: <868@creatures.cs.vt.edu> <1991Jan26.173253.21396@dg-rtp.dg.com> <16147@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <1991Jan29.182919.24062@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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In article <1991Jan29.182919.24062@dg-rtp.dg.com> goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) writes:
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>Anyone know what the v6 or v7 man pages said?

Ok, already.  I just went to the back bookshelf and found:

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SU(VIII)			10/31/73			SU(VIII)

NAME
	su -- become privileged user

SYNOPSIS
	su

DESCRIPTION
	Su allows one to become the super-user, who has all sorts of
	marvelous (and correspondingly dangerous) powers.  . . .

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