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Nitpick: su is “substitute user” (sometimes switch user), it merely defaults to root. man su: su - run a command with substitute user and group ID As for
by lloeki 6y ago
Nitpick: su is “substitute user” (sometimes switch user), it merely defaults to root.
man su:
su - run a command with substitute user and group ID
As for fsck I moved from F S C K to progressively bind the S and C in a slide of the tongue, which ends up sounding like F-ceek once I’ve eased in the audience with F-(s)ceek(ay) (parentheses get progressively toned down as I speak faster)
That or just “FS check”.
- Daneel_ 6y agoYou're correct, of course. I don't know why I remember it as super user.
- notretarded 6y agoBecause that's its most common use - to impersonate as a privileged user - so su quite naturally becomes super user
- jchw 6y agoBecause sudo really was “superuser do” and is unrelated to the UNIX utility “su” (at least by lineage.)