Super User

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SU
Pronunciation
/ˈsupər ˈjuzər/
Category
Computing
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. BW system super user communication and coordinate to solve issues from users.
  2. If neither of these files exists, only the super user will be allowed to use this command.
  3. In Linux, the Super User(SU) is called root.
  4. For some operations, Fink needs super user rights.
  5. With security enabled, the default security level is for the persisted objects to be readable by the public and writable by the super user ( the newly created user ).

Other meanings of SU

System User Business
Switch User Computing
Substitute User Computing
Switch Users Computing
Single User Internet
Substitue User Computing
Student Union Academic
Soviet Union (former USSR, now Russia) Regional
Soviet Union Regional
State University Academic