Module Name:    src
Committed By:   kre
Date:           Fri Mar 24 14:34:17 UTC 2023

Modified Files:
        src/usr.bin/su: su.1

Log Message:
PR misc/57287 from Nan Xiao

While it has always been assumed that everyone "just knew" that a simple
"su' meant "su root" perhaps the man page really should make that explicit.

Do that (using slightly different wording than suggested in the PR).


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.54 -r1.55 src/usr.bin/su/su.1

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: src/usr.bin/su/su.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/su/su.1:1.54 src/usr.bin/su/su.1:1.55
--- src/usr.bin/su/su.1:1.54	Sun Sep  1 19:12:16 2019
+++ src/usr.bin/su/su.1	Fri Mar 24 14:34:17 2023
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	from: @(#)su.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
-.\"	$NetBSD: su.1,v 1.54 2019/09/01 19:12:16 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: su.1,v 1.55 2023/03/24 14:34:17 kre Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 1, 2019
 .Dt SU 1
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ is omitted and
 is provided (form two above), then
 .Ar login
 is assumed to be the current username.
+If neither
+.Ar login
+nor
+.Ar group
+is provided,
+.Dq root
+is used for
+.Ar login .
 .Pp
 When executed by a user, the
 .Ar login

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