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Date:      Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:33:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To:        Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: difference between su and root?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109051233240.76245-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010905185625.14061.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>

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> Are there any differences between the two... or is su another way of
> saying root?

	su is the way to BECOME root. (Or another user...) read man su for
more info. :)

	Rick

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