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You're correct, of course. I don't know why I remember it as super user.
by Daneel_ 6y ago
You'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.)