On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 08:00:35PM +0100, Geoff Bagley wrote:
>
> I am learning to drive my new Linux system.
>
> 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.
To get out of the su environment, type:
exit
at the command line. That'll put you back as your regular user again.
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