Chaning user from a command line

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70578k8
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Chaning user from a command line

Post by 70578k8 » 2012/01/09 15:46:22

Is it possibel to change the user on command line? Or do I have to logout from GUI and login from GUI, in centos 5.7.

hawaiian717
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Re: Chaning user from a command line

Post by hawaiian717 » 2012/01/09 20:25:45

You can use the [b]su[/b] command to switch to a different user:

[code]$ su - newusername[/code]

You will then be prompted for the other user's password.

You can type [b]exit[/b] when you are done to switch back.

gerald_clark
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Chaning user from a command line

Post by gerald_clark » 2012/01/09 21:09:40

That will not switch to the other users desktop.

allamiro
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Re: Chaning user from a command line

Post by allamiro » 2012/02/10 21:46:00

You have to exit from the desktop to do that switching

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