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authorChristian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>2014-03-01 19:59:36 +0100
committerChristian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>2014-03-01 19:59:36 +0100
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Imported Upstream version 4.2upstream/4.2
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diff --git a/man/su.1.xml b/man/su.1.xml
index d7e931ac..917c2835 100644
--- a/man/su.1.xml
+++ b/man/su.1.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
]>
<refentry id='su.1'>
- <!-- $Id: su.1.xml 3742 2012-05-25 11:45:21Z nekral-guest $ -->
+ <!-- $Id$ -->
<refentryinfo>
<author>
<firstname>Julianne Frances</firstname>
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@
<variablelist remap='IP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>-c</option>, <option>--command</option>
- <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable>
+ <option>-c</option>, <option>--command</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -175,17 +174,18 @@
the user logged in directly.
</para>
<para>
- When <option>-</option> is used, it must be specified as the last
- <command>su</command> option.
- The other forms (<option>-l</option> and <option>--login</option>)
+ When <option>-</option> is used, it must be specified before any
+ <option>username</option>. For portability it is recommended
+ to use it as last option, before any
+ <option>username</option>. The other forms
+ (<option>-l</option> and <option>--login</option>)
do not have this restriction.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>-s</option>, <option>--shell</option>
- <replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
+ <option>-s</option>, <option>--shell</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>The shell that will be invoked.</para>