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In this article, we will discuss in detail the 'su' command as well as how it differs from the 'sudo' command. The main work of the su command is to let you switch to some other user during a login session. In other words, the tool lets you assume the identity of some other user without having to logout and then login (as that user).
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By: amos
$ sudo -iu user
Acchieves similar results to
$ sudo su -l user
By: RussH
of course sudo can be interactive too, just use sudo -i
By: mik
Great article! thanks
By: LuisCusihuaman
Thank you very much, this article helped me a lot!
By: Mauro
Who can tell me why I get 2 different results from these 2 commands? Should I get the same results, shouldn't I?