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>Number:         6859
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Man page for su(1) confusing.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun  4 10:40:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Duncan Barclay
>Organization:
Home
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	man su

>Description:

	su has new option -c to set login class. Easily confused with
	historic usage of su such as
		su man -c catman
	Examples on man page need clairifcation.
	

>How-To-Repeat:

	man su and scroll to EXAMPLES

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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