switch user in console

[Timothy M. Lyons]

If you want to load the environment for the user you're suing to,  use 'su -
<username>'
--Tim

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From: "eric" <235u at comcast.net>
To: "eric" <235u at comcast.net>
Cc: "BLU" <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 17:43
Subject: Re: switch user in console


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> eric wrote:
> | Hey, how do you switch from one user to another at the command line?
> | Say, I open up a console and then want to switch to another non root
> | account.  Glanced in the man but didn't see it.  Thanks.
>
> Oops! I got it, asked too quickly.  I always thought su was super user.
> ~ nope.  set user.  thanks anyway.
> - --
> - -Eric
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