ubase/su.1

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.Dd February 2, 2015
.Dt SU 1
.Os ubase
.Sh NAME
.Nm su
.Nd run a command with a substitute user and group ID
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl lp
.Op Ar username
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
allows to run commands with a substitute user and group ID. When called
without arguments,
.Nm
defaults to running an interactive shell as root. For backward compatibility
.Nm
defaults to not change the current directory and to only set the environment
variables
.Ev HOME
and
.Ev SHELL
(plus
.Ev USER
and
.Ev LOGNAME
if the target
.Ar username
is not root).
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl l
Starts the shell as login shell with an environment similar to a real
login.
.It Fl p
Preserves the whole environment. This option is ignored if the
.Fl l
option is specified.
.El