On 13/06/2019 07:17, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Mihai Popescu <mih...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> ... if no account is provided, root is the default >> >> I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I >> am wrong, I am not from old UNIX days. > > incorrect. > > NAME > su - substitute user identity >
I never noticed this before. It's my favorite bit of *nix trivia that defies misguided assumptions since I learned that `/etc` is apparently an initialism for "editible text configuration". Andrew -- OpenPGP key: EB28 0338 28B7 19DA DAB0 B193 D21D 996E 883B E5B9
