I think Sandip has already answered your query in a better way as far as Linux is concerned. Be it Solaris, Unix or Linux, there is much similarities between them. Irrespective of whichever flavour you are using, you can learn about various nuances of the uses of a particular command by using the man or info commands.
-- narsingh --- sudeesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here i'm not working on sun solaris specificly. > I'm working in oracle and our orcale server in on > sun solaris machine so sometimes i have to work. > I dont know much abt solaris but i've good > experience on > unix and linux. > > one person here used $su -u user_name > then i asked him that why u use -u > according to me we can do anything > if we use $su - username > > he said no. > > after that i'm very excited to know about switch -u. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Narsingh Sahu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:25 PM > Subject: Re: [ilugd]: help > > > > AFAIK there is no -u switch to the command su in > > Linux. In any case why do you want to use that > switch? > > "su login_name" should work. > > > > -- narsingh > > > > > > --- sudeesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > Hi all, > > > i want to know about switch -u with command su > > > (second user) > > > i'm having Linux 6.1 on my machine at home > > > and the command su -u login_name does not work > > > but on sun solaris at my office works well. > > > > > > can any one tell me about -u switch in as detail > as > > > possible > > > > > > Regards > > > ======================== > > > SUDEESH > > > ======================== > > > Systems America (India) Ltd. > > > FB-01 NSIC-STP Complex, Okhla > > > New Delhi - 110020. India. > > > Tel.: 91-11-6842614, 6310417, > > > 6310418 Extn 226 > > > > > > Fax.: 91-11-6310416 > > > ======================== > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > For live cricket scores download Yahoo! Score > Tracker > > at: > http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/tracker.html > > > > > ================================================ > > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subscribe in > subject header > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in > subject header > > Archives are available at > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > > > ================================================= > > > > > ================================================ > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subscribe in subject header > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe in subject header > Archives are available at > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > > ================================================= > ________________________________________________________________________ For live cricket scores download Yahoo! Score Tracker at: http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/tracker.html ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
