OwlWhacker's Journal: 'su' stands for 'super-user' - WRONG!

I've seen so many documents stating: "the command 'su' stands for 'super-user'".

NO IT DOESN'T! 'su' stands for 'substitute user'. If you don't believe me, enter 'man su' at the command line.

The 'su' command should be followed by the name of the user you wish to become. When you call 'su' without specifying a user you are requesting to become the root user.

The 'root' user is referred to as the super-user, and rightly so, as root has full access to the Operating System and everything running on it.

So, you can enter 'su' and become super-user, but 'su' doesn't stand for 'super-user'.