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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SU 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals secur
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: su, setlog \- substitute userid temporarily, become super-user
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/su
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I user
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B /etc/setlog
        !            12: .I logname
        !            13: .I command ...
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Su
        !            16: changes the userid to that of
        !            17: .I user
        !            18: (root by default)
        !            19: with groupid and login shell determined from 
        !            20: the password file.
        !            21: If the current userid is not the super-user,
        !            22: the password for the new user is demanded.
        !            23: The userid stays in force until the new shell exits.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: The current directory and environment
        !            26: are unchanged unless the new userid is super-user,
        !            27: in which case the environment variables 
        !            28: .B PS1
        !            29: and
        !            30: .BR PATH ,
        !            31: if present, are set to standard values
        !            32: (white space and 
        !            33: .BR /bin:/usr/bin:/etc ).
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: .I Setlog
        !            36: executes the specified
        !            37: .I command
        !            38: with login name
        !            39: .IR logname .
        !            40: The environment is otherwise unchanged;
        !            41: in particular,
        !            42: the userid is not set.
        !            43: Only the super-user may use this command.
        !            44: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            45: .IR sh (1),
        !            46: .IR getuid (2),
        !            47: .IR passwd (5)

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