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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 http://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/su .
by klrr 14y ago
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 http://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/su .
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- UnoriginalGuy 14y ago> 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."