From 46932ae52e2479ed0f761dbb4ef46767bbaaf43a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:44:20 +0000
Subject: PR: docs/4383 su manpage ambiguous regarding command prompt

Submitted by: sheldonh@iafrica.com
---
 usr.bin/su/su.1 | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'usr.bin')

diff --git a/usr.bin/su/su.1 b/usr.bin/su/su.1
index 17d2ae3..4380718 100644
--- a/usr.bin/su/su.1
+++ b/usr.bin/su/su.1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)su.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
-.\"	$Id: su.1,v 1.9 1997/08/12 06:45:43 charnier Exp $
+.\"	$Id: su.1,v 1.10 1997/08/30 12:22:48 jmg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" this is for hilit19's braindeadness: "
 .Dd April 18, 1994
@@ -157,10 +157,19 @@ to
 .Dq root ,
 unless this group is empty.
 .Pp
-By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user
-prompt is set to
-.Dq Sy \&#
-to remind one of its awesome power.
+When using
+.Nm
+to become super-user, note that the invoked shell dictates the new
+command prompt and not
+.Nm su .
+Even when
+.Nm
+is invoked with the
+.Fl l
+option, the command prompt is still determined by the shell's startup
+files, specifically their manipulation of the
+.Ev PS1
+variable.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr csh 1 ,
 .Xr kerberos 1 ,
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