su
[option
] [user
] [shell_args
]
Create a shell with the effective user ID of another user
(that is,
login as user
). If no user
is specified, create a shell for a
privileged user (that is, become a superuser). Enter EOF
to terminate.
You can run the shell with particular options by passing them
as shell_args
(e.g., if the shell runs sh, you can specify
-c command
to execute command
via sh,
or -r to create a restricted shell).
Go through the entire login sequence (i.e., change to user
's
environment).