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how to log in as a different user in the terrminal when using ubuntu

Asked by jipson

I want to login as root in one terminal and as another user in other terminal. What is the command that i should use to log in as a different user

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Lionel Montrieux (lmontrieux) said : 		#1

su <user_name>

If you want to login as the user 'abc', then type :
su abc

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