su-rs(1)

NAME

su - run a shell or command as another user

SYNOPSIS

su options [-] [<user> [<argument>...]]

OPTIONS

-c command, --command=command

Pass a single command to the shell with -c.

-g group, --group=group

Specify the primary group

-G group, --supp-group=group

Specify a supplemental group

-h, --help

Show a help message.

-, -l, --login

Make the shell a login shell

-m, -p, --preserve-environment

Do not reset environment variables

-P, --pty

Ignored for backwards compatibility. This version of su always creates a new pseudo-terminal if it is attached to a TTY

-w list, --whitelist-environment=list

Do not reset the environment variables specified by the list. Multiple variables can be separated by commas

-s shell, --shell=shell

Run shell if /etc/shells allows running as that shell instead of the default shell for the user

-V, --version

Show the program version

SEE ALSO

sudo(8)