From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <1116001fa7966ec1c2604e2764f2bada@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: [9fans] First-timer help Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:34:36 +0900 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6cf199e8-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > There's already an su-like tool: auth/login (excercise for the reader: > alter auth/login to allow the host owner to switch without providing a > password). You can also switch users more violently with the cons > filesystem (/dev/hostowner). > su is already exist that allow the host owner to switch without providing a password. I wrote: > If you do want something like UNIX su command, > try > http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/netlib/cmd/su-1.4/ > > su is useful if you want instantaneously change your user ID. > Kenji Arisawa