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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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