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+.\"-
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Dag-Erling Smørgrav
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.Dd May 31, 2025
+.Dt SU 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm su
+.Nd switch user identity
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar login Op Ar ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility starts a shell under the identity of the user specified by the
+first argument on the command line.
+If no user is specified, the default is
+.Dq root .
+.Pp
+Any additional command-line arguments are passed as-is to the shell.
+.Pp
+The requesting user is authenticated using the
+.Dq su
+PAM policy.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Nm
+utility is provided with the OpenPAM library as a sample application
+and should not be used in production systems.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr openpam 3 ,
+.Xr pam 3
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+utility and this manual page were written by
+.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.dev .