I tried to type in 'exit' and tried cntrl+d too but they both just close the terminal. Why is this? Is there another way to move away from root user?
1 Answer
You can alway switch users with su
. simply use
su <username>
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I see why it wasn't possible. I only have one account, which is the administrator account. Is this harmful/risky? Aug 30, 2020 at 21:53
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root and admin are NOT the same. always using root is however indeed not recommended since you might accidentialy break or change something, that you are not supposed to. if you need root privileges temporarily you should use
sudo
Aug 30, 2020 at 21:56 -
if your username is something other than root, then it is not root but propably admin (capable of
sudo
and such but not everything) Aug 30, 2020 at 21:58
cmd.exe
or PowerShell window