I'm using sudo su
to start mysql
and do some homework with it.
When I finish with mysql
(or any other command), then I'm still in sudo
.
How do I "log out", so my prompt changes back from #
to $
?
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to start mysql
and do some homework with it.
When I finish with mysql
(or any other command), then I'm still in sudo
.
How do I "log out", so my prompt changes back from #
to $
?
You don't need to use sudo
and su
together--su
switches your user account (without arguments it switches you to root). sudo
just elevates your privileges to root for the current command.
It's reccomended to use sudo
instead of su
if possible, but to return to your normal account after calling su
, simply use the exit
command
sudo su
will switch to the root account even if you don't know the root password.
– Rob
Apr 5 '12 at 18:19
sudo su
, sudo
and su
, and it's worth knowing those differences for safety reasons but also for your convenience. johnkpaul.tumblr.com/post/19841381351/su-vs-sudo-su-vs-sudo-u-i
– Jeff Welling
Apr 5 '12 at 18:22
sudo -i
instead (in Ubuntu the root account is disabled by default = there exists no valid password)
– guntbert
Jul 13 '13 at 21:15
Use
su username
to get back to your user level (or a different user)
Or just press Ctrl+D to exit out of root
There isn't any reason to use sudo
or su
to run the MySQL command-line client. It defaults to using your current Unix user as your MySQL user, but instead you should pass it the user you want to connect to as arguments:
$ mysql -u root # connect as MySQL's root user (without password)
$ mysql -u root -p # -p means prompt for a password
Hopefully, your MySQL root account has a password, and you'll need to use the second form.
Other than that, if you need to run MySQL under sudo (e.g., for file permissions) then do it like this:
$ sudo -u unix-user mysql -u mysql-user -p
You can leave out the arguments (sudo will default to user root, MySQL will default to using the same user as sudo).
exit
or a simple Ctrl+D. I remember when I first discovered the latter and my life got ten times simpler :-D . – Daniel Andersson Apr 6 '12 at 9:42sudo -i
(and leave it with CTRL+D) – guntbert Jul 13 '13 at 21:12