[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I apologize; I stand corrected. I got the following from > http://linux.com/develop/man/1/su > <snip> > > From this, I take it that it stands for "Substitute User". > > (I got "Super User" from a book, and when I remember which one it was, I > will post its name here) David, No need to post the name of the book. Referring to SU as the "Super User" seems to be a common thing to do, among users and books. I suspect that civileme gave the correct original answer in his post, but I forget exactly what he said -- was it "Switch UID" (or substitute UID? -- it was something "uid"). Randy Kramer
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