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diff --git a/bin/su/su.1 b/bin/su/su.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a67ea3 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/su/su.1 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $Id: su.1 458 2011-11-02 13:10:25Z des $ +.\" +.Dd November 2, 2011 +.Dt SU 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm su +.Nd switch user identity +.Sh SYNOPSYS +.Nm +.Op Ar login Op Ar ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility starts a shell under the identity of the user specified by the +first argument on the command line. +If no user is specified, the default is +.Dq root . +.Pp +Any additional command-line arguments are passed as-is to the shell. +.Pp +The requesting user is authenticated using the +.Dq su +PAM policy. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +The +.Nm +utility is provided with the OpenPAM library as a sample application +and should not be used in production systems. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr openpam 3 +.Xr pam 3 +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +utility and this manual page were written by +.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org . |