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NAME¶
su - run a shell or command as another user
SYNOPSIS¶
su options [-] [<user> [<argument>...]]
OPTIONS¶
- -c command, --command=command
- Pass a single command to the shell with -c.
- -g group, --group=group
- Specify the primary group
- -G group, --supp-group=group
- Specify a supplemental group
- -h, --help
- Show a help message.
- -, -l, --login
- Make the shell a login shell
- -m, -p, --preserve-environment
- Do not reset environment variables
- -P, --pty
- Create a new pseudo-terminal when running the shell.
- -w list, --whitelist-environment=list
- Do not reset the environment variables specified by the list. Multiple variables can be separated by commas.
- -s shell, --shell=shell
- Run shell if /etc/shells allows running as that shell instead of the default shell for the user.
- -V, --version
- Show the program version.