"Retreating" from superuser (root) status back to regular-user status is
simply a matter of logging out with, for example, the "exit" command. This
closes the root shell and returns you to the shell of whatever user you su'd
from.
Your last observation (below) is entirely correct.
At 08:00 PM 4/28/00 +0100, you wrote:
>I know how to log on as an ordinary user, and then how to promote myself
>to superuser (su).
>
>My question is, how do I then give up such elevated privileges and
>revert to my original lowly status as an ordinary user ?
>
>I consider this to be an important precaution only to be superuser when
>absolutely necessary.
>
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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