Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by lloeki on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:51AM (#25712490)

Nitpick: su is “substitute user” (sometimes switch user), it merely defaults to root.

man su:

    su - run a command with substitute user and group ID

As for fsck I moved from F S C K to progressively bind the S and C in a slide of the tongue, which ends up sounding like F-ceek once I’ve eased in the audience with F-(s)ceek(ay) (parentheses get progressively toned down as I speak faster)

That or just “FS check”.

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by Daneel_ on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:34AM (#25713220)

You're correct, of course. I don't know why I remember it as super user.

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by notretarded on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:41AM (#25715008)

Because that's its most common use - to impersonate as a privileged user - so su quite naturally becomes super user

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by jchw on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:32PM (#25717813)

Because sudo really was “superuser do” and is unrelated to the UNIX utility “su” (at least by lineage.)

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