Unable to switch back to root from user

UNIX Solaris
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Hi,

I am new to Solaris and when i am trying to Switch to root login from user, system throws message saying permissions denied...

Steps I Followed:

Created a user and logged into that user by SU username

tried to come back to root but system throws message "permissions denied"

Opened new terminal then, i am able to poweroff the system i.e new terminal opened as root login..

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root> su username
username> ...  enter commands
username>
username>exit
root>

exit will get you back to root from":

 su - username

, which is probably the command you should use instead of

su username

su - [user] logs you in fully, executing all the that user's .profile settings.

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Thanks Jim,

Now the problem is.. i am unable to log in to the machine.. when i tried to turn on the machine.. its asking for the console login..

Because previously i poweroff the machine from another terminal... when its in SU mode..

I tried giving root id and passwd but the attemp went in vain.

Help me out

4

what kind of hardware is it?

5

V 5.10 on X86 machine..

6

what kind of x86 hardware? is it a sun server? or some other hardware?

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its not sun hardware, i am using pentium processor and running the sun os on Virtual machine..

sorry for the incomplete information.. please let me know for any further info on this regard

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so when it is a virtual machine, how is it that you can't login to the "console". exactly which console are you talking about?