Talk:Su (Unix)

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 22:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Requested move

su (computing) → su (Unix) – (Unix) seems to be the more popular disambig naming convention (see list of Unix programs), and conformity is good in an encyclopedia

[edit] Survey

Add your comment per Wikipedia:Straw polls
  • Support. su (Unix) seems natural, and it's the first place I would look for if I started search from scratch. YMMV of course. Duja 10:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. I created this article a while back when I hadn't really looked at most of the Unix-related articles, and I was still jumping all over the place when it came to disambiguation (take fortune (program) as another example). Consistency is good. æle ✆ 21:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Support makes sense to follow the list of other unix programs --Lox (t,c) 16:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.


[edit] Comment about Windows XP and sudo?

Should the comment about Microsoft Windows XP having a "runas" command really be there? The article is about "su" on Unix, not about priviledge elevation (or whatever they're called) programs in general. It seems like it should at least be put in the "See Also" or "External Links" section. ... The sudo paragraph as well.

[edit] Confusing line

  • "Great care must be taken by a system administrator to choose a suitable password for the root account, to prevent any possible takeover by a low level user running su."

Why does su specifically matter here? Couldn't the "low level user" just log out and log back in as "root"? Eleland 19:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)