How to switch between users on one terminal?
How about using the su
command?
$ whoami
user1
$ su - user2
Password:
$ whoami
user2
$ exit
logout
If you want to log in as root, there's no need to specify username:
$ whoami
user1
$ su -
Password:
$ whoami
root
$ exit
logout
Generally, you can use sudo
to launch a new shell as the user you want; the -u
flag lets you specify the username you want:
$ whoami
user1
$ sudo -u user2 zsh
$ whoami
user2
There are more circuitous ways if you don't have sudo access, like ssh username@localhost, but sudo
is probably simplest, provided that it's installed and you have permission to use it.
Generally you use sudo
to launch a new shell as the user you want; the -u
flag lets you specify the username you want:
[mrozekma@etudes-1 ~] % whoami
mrozekma
[mrozekma@etudes-1 ~] % sudo -u nobody zsh
[nobody@etudes-1 ~] % whoami
nobody
There are more circuitous ways if you don't have sudo access, like ssh username@localhost
, but I think sudo
is probably simplest if it's installed and you have permission to use it
$ whoami
This command prints the current user. To change users, we will have to use this command (followed by the user's password):
$ su secondUser
Password:
After entering the correct password, you will be logged in as the specified user (which you can check by rerunning whoami
.