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Where did the term “superuser” originate?

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Where did the term “superuser” originate? Is it a shortening of “supervisory user”, or is it just an indicator of the level of power one such user holds in a system? Answer Where did the term “superuser” originate? su allows one to become the super–user, who has all sorts of marvelous powers. From the First … Read more

What’s the difference between “su” with and without hyphen?

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I’m quite new to Linux terminal and I’m not quite sure what the difference between su with a hyphen and su without a hyphen is, for example: su – username vs. su username. I looked into the documentation but in there, this was not mentioned. Could someone please help me out? Answer The difference between … Read more