Not sure if there are any "in's an out's" really, it's just "su -" or "su - username". But, if you really want to see it, just do a "man su" to see the manual. On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 12:13, WipeOut wrote: > Can somone point me to a good doc on using "su".. > > I have always just logged in a root because security was not really an > issue, but now I need to operate in a more secure fashion as far as user > account controls are concerned so the starting point I feel is to not > allow root to login directly with ssh.. > > This means I have to get to grips with the ins and outs of "su" but the > man page is a little shy.. anyone got any useful info? > > Thanks.. > -- Adam Voigt adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx