Becoming another user on a system (su command)
You can change the user ID associated with a session (if you know that user's login name) by using the su (switch user) command.
For example, if you want to switch to become
user joyce, at the prompt, type the following:
su joyceIf the password: prompt
is displayed, type the password for user joyce. Your user
ID is now joyce. If you do not know the password, the request
is denied.
To verify that your user ID is joyce,
use the id command.