Switch to a different Linux user
$ sudo -u someone_else -s
Written by Gareth Rees
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Less of a protip and more of a "rudimentary basics of Linux system administration".
over 1 year ago
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Cheers ;)
over 1 year ago
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If you are not part of the sudoers you can just use
su <username>
to give you temporary access and
exit
to go back to the original user
over 1 year ago
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