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to the target login's shell. This allows for "su -c". Do it right this time and also explain this behaviour in the man page. :) Obtained from: bsm's work in FreeBSD 1.1.5.1
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.\" @(#)su.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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.\"
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.\" this is for hilit19's braindeadness: "
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.Dd April 18, 1994
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.Dt SU 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm su
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.Nd substitute user identity
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm su
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.Op Fl Kflm
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.Op Ar login Op Ar args
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Su
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requests the Kerberos password for
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.Ar login
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(or for
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.Dq Ar login Ns .root ,
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if no login is provided), and switches to
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that user and group ID after obtaining a Kerberos ticket granting ticket.
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A shell is then executed.
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.Nm Su
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will resort to the local password file to find the password for
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.Ar login
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if there is a Kerberos error.
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If
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.Nm su
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is executed by root, no password is requested and a shell
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with the appropriate user ID is executed; no additional Kerberos tickets
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are obtained.
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.Pp
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By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of
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.Ev USER ,
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.Ev HOME ,
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and
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.Ev SHELL .
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.Ev HOME
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and
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.Ev SHELL
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are set to the target login's default values.
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.Ev USER
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is set to the target login, unless the target login has a user ID of 0,
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in which case it is unmodified.
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The invoked shell is the target login's.
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This is the traditional behavior of
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.Nm su .
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl K
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Do not attempt to use Kerberos to authenticate the user.
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.It Fl f
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If the invoked shell is
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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this option prevents it from reading the
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.Dq Pa .cshrc
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file.
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.It Fl l
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Simulate a full login.
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The environment is discarded except for
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.Ev HOME ,
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.Ev SHELL ,
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.Ev PATH ,
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.Ev TERM ,
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and
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.Ev USER .
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.Ev HOME
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and
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.Ev SHELL
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are modified as above.
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.Ev USER
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is set to the target login.
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.Ev PATH
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is set to
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.Dq Pa /bin:/usr/bin .
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.Ev TERM
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is imported from your current environment.
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The invoked shell is the target login's, and
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.Nm su
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will change directory to the target login's home directory.
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.It Fl m
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Leave the environment unmodified.
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The invoked shell is your login shell, and no directory changes are made.
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As a security precaution, if the target user's shell is a non-standard
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shell (as defined by
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.Xr getusershell 3 )
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and the caller's real uid is
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non-zero,
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.Nm su
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will fail.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl l
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and
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.Fl m
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options are mutually exclusive; the last one specified
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overrides any previous ones.
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.Pp
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If the optional
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.Ar args
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are provided on the command line, they are passed to the login shell of
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the target login. This allows it to pass arbitrary commands via
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the
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.Fl c
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option as understood by most shells. Note that
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.Fl c
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usually expects a single argument only; you have to quote it when
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passing multiple words.
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.Pp
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Only users in group 0 (normally
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.Dq wheel )
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can
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.Nm su
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to
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.Dq root .
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.Pp
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By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user
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prompt is set to
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.Dq Sy \&#
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to remind one of its awesome power.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr kinit 1 ,
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.Xr kerberos 1 ,
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr group 5 ,
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.Xr environ 7
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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Environment variables used by
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.Nm su :
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.Bl -tag -width HOME
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.It Ev HOME
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Default home directory of real user ID unless modified as
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specified above.
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.It Ev PATH
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Default search path of real user ID unless modified as specified above.
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.It Ev TERM
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Provides terminal type which may be retained for the substituted
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user ID.
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.It Ev USER
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The user ID is always the effective ID (the target user ID) after an
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.Nm su
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unless the user ID is 0 (root).
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bl -tag -width 5n -compact
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.It Li "su man -c catman"
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Runs the command
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.Li catman
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as user
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.Li man .
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You will be asked for man's password unless your real UID is 0.
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.It Li "su man -c 'catman /usr/share/man /usr/local/man /usr/X11R6/man'"
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Same as above, but the target command constitutes of more than a
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single word.
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.It Li "su -l foo"
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Pretend a login for user
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.Li foo .
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v7 .
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