Why is it that when I added a non-root user and tried to make use of the "su" command to turn the user into root, it didn't work, instead I got the error message "permission denied". What else can I do to solve this problem?
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baygee
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How to switch between non-root/root user in LINUX/UNIX?
If you have sudo facility in your system
you can do like this:
sudo "command" #executed as root
"command" #executed as normal user (if you log in as normal user)
"command"
sudo "command" # again executed as root
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How to switch between non-root/root user in LINUX/UNIX?
Hi Cypress Hill,
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Are you able to log in to the non-root user you created using "su -l 'username' " command. If possible, please try using "su -l" command to log in to root.
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If the above method doesn't work, use the below method
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You need to enter your user name into any of the group in /etc/group file. For this, please follow below steps.
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Open /etc/group.Â
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It will look like this
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Now, just enter your username into any of the group.
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eg: wheel:x:10:root,new_user_name
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You can use as many usernames under a group, but you need to keep them comma separated.
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Hope it helps
