Switching between users in the Terminal?
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nixgeek
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Do you know the password for cyrus? If not, just reset it.
I hope you didn't think I meant to type "cyrus" as the password. Type the password for the user "cyrus" after you type "su cyrus". Remember that when you use "su" to become another user, it's as if you login as that particular user, so you have to supply the password for whatever user you are "su"-ing as at the "Password:" prompt.
I hope you didn't think I meant to type "cyrus" as the password. Type the password for the user "cyrus" after you type "su cyrus". Remember that when you use "su" to become another user, it's as if you login as that particular user, so you have to supply the password for whatever user you are "su"-ing as at the "Password:" prompt.
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nixgeek said:
Thanks for replying to my posts first.
What i'm trying to do is switch users in the terminal, but when I do this it asks me for the cyrus password which I don't know.
How can I change the password for cyrus?
su allows you to switch users how is this different to login?
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nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
You should be able to switch the password for "cyrus" under System Preferences if you select the User Accounts option.
If you want to change the password of "cyrus" from Terminal, you have to type "passwd cyrus" and then you will be prompted for a new password for the user named "cyrus." Of course, the account with which you are logged in should have the sufficient permissions to change the passwords of other user accounts.
As for "su," the reason it's different than a regular login is that it doesn't require you to log out nad log back in as another user. It allows you to become another user temporarily for as long as you need it. It's mostly used when one needs to use the root account momentarily for tasks that require root-level access. Once you are done with the account you "su"-ed to, you can exit by simply typing "exit" and it will bring you back to your user account.
If you want to change the password of "cyrus" from Terminal, you have to type "passwd cyrus" and then you will be prompted for a new password for the user named "cyrus." Of course, the account with which you are logged in should have the sufficient permissions to change the passwords of other user accounts.
As for "su," the reason it's different than a regular login is that it doesn't require you to log out nad log back in as another user. It allows you to become another user temporarily for as long as you need it. It's mostly used when one needs to use the root account momentarily for tasks that require root-level access. Once you are done with the account you "su"-ed to, you can exit by simply typing "exit" and it will bring you back to your user account.