What is the command to switch to normal user?

Question

I am trying to use the su/sudo command to switch to a regular user. It asks me for a password and I enter the admin password then it says su: Authentication failure:

walter@walter-VirtualBox:~/testdir$ su
Password: 
su: Authentication failure
walter@walter-VirtualBox:~/testdir$

How can I switch to my regular user? What is the problem?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '23 at 14:42

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To enter type sudo -i.

To exit from super user mode type exit.

edited Mar 20 '23 at 14:42

terdon

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answered Nov 30 '13 at 15:52

Vlad Tarniceru

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '13 at 16:07

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You can switch to a different regular user by using the command su.

Example: su John Then put in the password for John and you'll be switched to the user 'John' in the terminal.

answered Nov 30 '13 at 16:07

Paul Tanzini

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What is the command to switch to normal user?

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