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

Create a new pseudo-terminal when running the shell.

-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)