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From: howard@cyb-eng.UUCP (Howard Johnson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: deceptive mail and su
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Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 14:20:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 16 14:20:19 1984
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This conversation about su has me wondering:  What do people usually use
su for?  I see two commonly used functions here:  1) administrative and
maintenance functions (e.g. su news; ...) for required access privileges,
and 2) for someone else to do/show something (e.g. su - joe; ...; EOT).

It seems to me that su could be smart enough to distinguish between these
two uses (since it already has separate command sequences which are
documented).  Opinions?
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	Howard Johnson		Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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