[LBo] Opening > su

[Randy Kramer]

On Monday 19 June 2006 05:21 pm, Inade wrote:
> The file su in the /bin or /sbin directory is a binary file, and it is
> the binary code of the program >su<, which is "become the superuser".
> You don't open that file.  You don't need to.

Jisao,

Apologies for interjecting: I prefer to think of su as switch user as that's 
what it does--it can switch you to become any other user (assuming you have 
that user's password).  If you use su without a username, it defaults to 
switching to root.

Randy Kramer