From 6991e21be23a3fb3e98422800fe217dea625efcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hubertf <hubertf@NetBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 14:07:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make example clearer, that the -c _after_ the login is passed
 to the shell. Addresses PR 18538 by reed@reedmedia.net

---
 usr.bin/su/su.1 | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr.bin/su/su.1 b/usr.bin/su/su.1
index 7758d96dd68d..cbf4ec40f9b1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/su/su.1
+++ b/usr.bin/su/su.1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	from: @(#)su.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
-.\"	$NetBSD: su.1,v 1.23 2001/12/08 19:17:03 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: su.1,v 1.24 2002/10/05 14:07:04 hubertf Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 7, 2001
 .Dt SU 1
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ Do not attempt to use Kerberos to authenticate the user.
 .It Fl c
 Specify a login class.
 You may only override the default class if you're already root.
+See
+.Xr login.conf 5
+for details.
 .It Fl f
 If the invoked shell is
 .Xr csh 1 ,
@@ -216,7 +219,25 @@ execute:
 su -l username
 .Ed
 .Pp
-To execute arbitrary command with privileges of user username, execute:
+When a
+.Fl c
+option is included
+.Em after
+the
+.Ar login
+name it is not a
+.Nm
+option, because any arguments after the
+.Ar login
+are passed to the shell. (See
+.Xr csh 1 ,
+.Xr ksh 1
+or
+.Xr sh 1
+for details.)
+To execute arbitrary command with privileges of user 
+.Em username ,
+execute:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 su username -c "command args"
 .Ed