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su.1 - ubase - suckless linux base utils |
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1 .Dd February 2, 2015 |
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2 .Dt SU 1 |
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3 .Os ubase |
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4 .Sh NAME |
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5 .Nm su |
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6 .Nd run a command with a substitute user and group ID |
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7 .Sh SYNOPSIS |
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8 .Nm |
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9 .Op Fl lp |
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10 .Op Ar username |
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11 .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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12 .Nm |
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13 allows to run commands with a substitute user and group ID. When called |
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14 without arguments, |
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15 .Nm |
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16 defaults to running an interactive shell as root. For backward compatibi… |
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17 .Nm |
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18 defaults to not change the current directory and to only set the environ… |
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19 variables |
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20 .Ev HOME |
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21 and |
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22 .Ev SHELL |
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23 (plus |
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24 .Ev USER |
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25 and |
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26 .Ev LOGNAME |
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27 if the target |
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28 .Ar username |
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29 is not root). |
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30 .Sh OPTIONS |
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31 .Bl -tag -width Ds |
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32 .It Fl l |
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33 Starts the shell as login shell with an environment similar to a real |
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34 login. |
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35 .It Fl p |
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36 Preserves the whole environment. This option is ignored if the |
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37 .Fl l |
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38 option is specified. |
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