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klrr
on Feb 25, 2013
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The Meaning of 'su'
I think it really stands for "super user", here's its man page from Unix v1
http://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/su
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UnoriginalGuy
on Feb 25, 2013
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> su allows one to become the super--user, who has all sortsof marvelous powers.
I enjoy how informal that man page is. All of today's man-pages would never get away with "fun."
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