su
<operating system, tool, security> (substitute user) The Unix command
which allows you to become another user after entering their password. su is
most often used without arguments in which case it defaults to user root. Some
versions of Unix only allows this command to be used by members of the wheel
group.
Unix manual page: su(1).
(1996-09-08)
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