su: Run a command as another user Usage: su [-CnNtTwh-] [-p <password>] [ userid [ command ]] su is a Windows NT equivalent of the UNIX "super user" command. su is used to run a command (by default, the C shell) as another user. su will not run under Windows 95. The userid may be specified as either a simple name or as a domain\name pair. If no userid is specified, su will use the Administrator account. If no password is given, su will try logging in without a password. If that fails, it will prompt for a password; the password will not be echoed to the screen. To use this command, you must have the following rights, which can be granted via the User Manager: Act as part of the operating system Increase quotas Replace process token (Pull down Policies, select User Rights and click to show Advanced User Rights.) The command can refer to any executable file or to a C shell command or alias. If a complete path is not specified, su will look through the search path. If an extension is not specified, su will try all the usual possibilities: .csh, .exe, .com, .cmd and .bat. If a corresponding executable file cannot be found, su will assume the command is an internal C shell command or alias. If no command is specified, su will run the C shell. Options: -C Start up a copy of C shell to run each command. -n Non-interactive. The password, if not null, must be passed on the command line. su will not prompt for it. -N New console. Open a new window to run the command. Meaningful only when running a console application. -t Trace mode. The command line is written to stderr just prior to invocation. -T Change the title bar when starting the child. -p <password> Password to be used with the specified userid. -w Wait for the child to exit before returning, even if it's running in a new window. -h Help. (This screen.) -- End of options.
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