no root passwd debian

[Peter King]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:57:33AM -0500, Brandon Sandrowicz wrote:

> > The man page for su says: Change user or become super user.  Perhaps
> > they think it means switch user or super user.
> 
> Heh.  I've always been under the impression that it was 'single user'
> because when you were logged in as that user it was different than
> when you 'actually' logged in (through gdm,xdm,etc or a VT).  I've
> been under that impression since like 2000 or 2001.  Heh.

su <...> = substitute user <...>
           ^          ^

That's an accurate description of what you're doing: substituting the
user you specify for your current identity. If you don't specify any
user then it defaults to trying to substitute root.

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