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su manpage ambiguous regarding command prompt

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Wolfram Schneider 1997-09-13 17:44:20 +00:00
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)su.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $Id: su.1,v 1.9 1997/08/12 06:45:43 charnier Exp $
.\" $Id: su.1,v 1.10 1997/08/30 12:22:48 jmg Exp $
.\"
.\" this is for hilit19's braindeadness: "
.Dd April 18, 1994
@ -157,10 +157,19 @@ to
.Dq root ,
unless this group is empty.
.Pp
By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user
prompt is set to
.Dq Sy \&#
to remind one of its awesome power.
When using
.Nm
to become super-user, note that the invoked shell dictates the new
command prompt and not
.Nm su .
Even when
.Nm
is invoked with the
.Fl l
option, the command prompt is still determined by the shell's startup
files, specifically their manipulation of the
.Ev PS1
variable.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr kerberos 1 ,