In linux, if you are logged in as user "kevin" and you want to switch to user "john" such that it mimicks an exact login for "john" (i.e. you are logged into john's home dir by default), what command do you use?
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su - john
^^^ NOTE the user of the "-"
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In linux, if you are logged in as user "kevin" and you want to switch to user "john" such that it mimicks an exact login for "john" (i.e. you are logged into john's home dir by default), what command do you use?
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In linux, if you are logged in as user "kevin" and you want to switch to user "john" such that it mimicks an exact login for "john" (i.e. you are logged into john's home dir by default), what command do you use?
Answer
su - john
^^^ NOTE the user of the "-"
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11. User Accounts and Ownerships vironment variables will be set to jack , but all other environment variables will be inherited. su is, therefore, not the same as a normal login. To get the equivalent of a login with su , run <span>su - jack This will cause all initialization scripts (that are normally run when the user logs in) to be executed. [What actually happens is that the subsequent shell is started with a - in
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