Chown ???
Jim
mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Wed Apr 8 14:29:01 UTC 2009
Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:11:49PM +0000, g wrote:
>
>> not to argue a point, but.
>>
>> 'su' is 'substitute user' as you can substitute to *any* 'user' or 'group', not just 'root user'.
>> you are a 'super user' if you you become 'root' or 'adm'.
>>
>
> Bzzzt. Wrong answer. Thank you for playing.
>
> I was at BTL in the very early '80s. Writing kernel mods and drivers
> for Unix, and teaching Unix internals to BTL employees. It's always been
> "superuser". I don't know where anyone got this lame "substitute user"
> stuff, but it's not authentic.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Dave Ihnat
> dihnat at dminet.com
>
>
Well ! Now! All you other smart-ellicks thought you had it figured out. HA.
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