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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4126- May 29, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4126- May 29, 2012
 
SUSPEND YOURSELF  
  
Do you hate always having to type: /bin/su root  
Do you wish you only had to do it once?  
  
Well, here is a way to "suspend" root and bring it back.  
  
Use the "suspend" and "fg" commands to switch  
from root to login ID, and back to root:  
  
foo 15% /bin/su  
Password:  
foo 1#  
foo 2# suspend  
stopped  
foo 16% fg  
/bin/su  
foo 3#  
  
And that's it.....  
  
Set and alias in root's .cshrc or .profile to shorten  
the word "suspend" if that is too much to type.  
  
alias sus   'suspend'  
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