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| author | Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-09-13 17:44:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-09-13 17:44:20 +0000 |
| commit | fab8812d17d5fcae8feabcd1fa2bcd2b2936e1c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a770170bc35a305ba6c80681ee4b98c31761565 /usr.bin/su | |
| parent | c7a197e1d86bee3df8df57c8f0295ef6ff70d5fb (diff) | |
| download | src-fab8812d17d5fcae8feabcd1fa2bcd2b2936e1c7.tar.gz src-fab8812d17d5fcae8feabcd1fa2bcd2b2936e1c7.zip | |
PR: docs/4383
su manpage ambiguous regarding command prompt
Submitted by: sheldonh@iafrica.com
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=29333
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/su')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/su/su.1 | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/su/su.1 b/usr.bin/su/su.1 index 17d2ae31318a..4380718f25c2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/su/su.1 +++ b/usr.bin/su/su.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)su.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 -.\" $Id: su.1,v 1.9 1997/08/12 06:45:43 charnier Exp $ +.\" $Id: su.1,v 1.10 1997/08/30 12:22:48 jmg Exp $ .\" .\" this is for hilit19's braindeadness: " .Dd April 18, 1994 @@ -157,10 +157,19 @@ to .Dq root , unless this group is empty. .Pp -By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user -prompt is set to -.Dq Sy \&# -to remind one of its awesome power. +When using +.Nm +to become super-user, note that the invoked shell dictates the new +command prompt and not +.Nm su . +Even when +.Nm +is invoked with the +.Fl l +option, the command prompt is still determined by the shell's startup +files, specifically their manipulation of the +.Ev PS1 +variable. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 , .Xr kerberos 1 , |