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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, --commmand=COMMAND
	      pass  a single COMMAND to the shell with -c and start a new ses‐
	      sion for it

       -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  ©  2011  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 8.12		  March 2013				 SU(1)
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