Ubuntu

Nitesh Agarwal · 03-01-2012, 10:26 AM

11.10: i am logged in as guest : how do i login as a different user via terminal?

camorri · 03-01-2012, 10:52 AM

Did you ssh into the host? If yes, then, 'ssh username@host' you will be prompted for the username you supply, that users password. Enter it, and if all is good, you will be connected.

bryanl · 03-01-2012, 11:55 AM

If you just want to execute a command as another user, then sudo is a tool you can use.

widget · 03-01-2012, 06:41 PM

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jarubyh · 03-05-2012, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bryanl

If you just want to execute a command as another user, then sudo is a tool you can use.

Yup. Say, you want to run a command as jarubyh, use

Code:

sudo jarubyh command

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