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switching user Switching to superuser while shell script is running

I have thea shell script that contains the following lines.:

CURRENT_USER=${USER}
echo $CURRENT_USER
su
echo switch to `who am i`

onceOnce the 2nd line is executed, the shell promptprompts me to enter the root password,. After I provide the correct password and login as admin the last line is not getting executed.

What could be the reason for this issu.issue?

switching user while shell script is running

I have the shell script contains following lines.

CURRENT_USER=${USER}
echo $CURRENT_USER
su
echo switch to `who am i`

once 2nd line is executed shell prompt me to enter root password, After I provide correct password and login as admin the last line is not getting executed.

What could be the reason for this issu.

Switching to superuser while shell script is running

I have a shell script that contains the following lines:

CURRENT_USER=${USER}
echo $CURRENT_USER
su
echo switch to `who am i`

Once the 2nd line is executed, the shell prompts me to enter the root password. After I provide the correct password and login as admin the last line is not getting executed.

What could be the reason for this issue?

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switching user while shell script is running

I have the shell script contains following lines.

CURRENT_USER=${USER}
echo $CURRENT_USER
su
echo switch to `who am i`

once 2nd line is executed shell prompt me to enter root password, After I provide correct password and login as admin the last line is not getting executed.

What could be the reason for this issu.