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Date:      Tue, 18 May 1999 10:33:57 +0100
From:      Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
To:        tw@ettnet.se
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: su
Message-ID:  <37413405.4DE4CBDD@tdx.co.uk>
References:  <99051810381600.00938@tw.oden.se>

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Thomas Widlundh wrote:
> 
> Hi, here I am again,
> 
> A fast question...
> Is "su" something that exists in the FreeBSD world, or something
> else making it possible to an user to log in as root/super user?
> Or do I just have to switch the console to do this?
> 
> Thomas
> --
> ***********************
> KMail 1.0.17
> Caldera Open Linux 2.2

'su' is a common unix utility for switching a regular user account to the
super-user account, or infact to anyone elses account (or even from super-user
to some other account) :-) - Look at the man page for 'su' for more details...
<g>

-Karl


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