Need a memory refresh

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Fri Jul 5 21:52:45 UTC 2019


su - user
will open a subshell and let you login under that user's environment.
When you exit as user, you are back in your original login.
I normally do this under screen and leave users or remote logins in their
own screen



On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 04:39:06PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I am using Debian Buster, CLI  only. I have three users on the machine, besides the superuser. I can't remember the keystroke to switch from one user to another. 
> ssh isn't really satisfactory, since it doesn't set up an independent user. Where can I find information like this?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
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