'su -l' EQ 'su -'

[Georges Heinesch <ghmlist%ibm.net@localhost>]

Just out of interest ...

Saying 'su - user' is does the same as 'su -l user'. For some reason,
the 'l' is not necessary. However su(1) doesn't reveal anything about
this behaviour. Why is this?

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