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SU(1)				 User Commands				 SU(1)

NAME
       su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
       su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION
       Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.

       -, -l, --login
	      make the shell a login shell

       -c, --command=COMMAND
	      pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c

       --session-command=COMMAND
	      pass  a  single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not create a
	      new session

       -f, --fast
	      pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)

       -m, --preserve-environment
	      do not reset environment variables

       -p     same as -m

       -s, --shell=SHELL
	      run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       A mere - implies -l.   If USER not given, assume root.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report su bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report su translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	 License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for su is maintained as a	 Texinfo  manual.   If
       the  info and su programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
       mand

	      info coreutils 'su invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.15		 January 2013				 SU(1)
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