su Usage

[Adam Voigt]

Not sure if there are any "in's an out's" really, it's just "su -" or
"su - username". But, if you really want to see it, just do a "man su"
to see the manual.


On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 12:13, WipeOut wrote:
> Can somone point me to a good doc on using "su"..
> 
> I have always just logged in a root because security was not really an 
> issue, but now I need to operate in a more secure fashion as far as user 
> account controls are concerned so the starting point I feel is to not 
> allow root to login directly with ssh..
> 
> This means I have to get to grips with the ins and outs of "su" but the 
> man page is a little shy.. anyone got any useful info?
> 
> Thanks..
> 
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Adam Voigt
adam at kotisprop.com