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Execute commands as another user
Pardon my ignorance as I am very new to all this, but is there a way to change a user like this, and then perform tasks as that user in the Finder? (without loggin out) Or does this switch mentioned in this hint only apply for the Terminal session and to commands entered within the Terminal?
Execute commands as another user
Nope: you'll be root in the terminal if you execute a command such as
Execute commands as another user
I've used sudo and su a lot, and there are reasons for using one or the other.
Execute GUI commands as another user
You can actually use GUI programs as root without logging out—it just involves restarting the program you want to use as root. So, on the rare occasion I need to use the Finder as root, I |
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