To switch users in one terminal session, you could use the su command :
$ whoami
firstuser
This shows the current user.
$ su – seconduser [linux change user]
Password:
Switching to the second user.
$ whoami
seconduser
This shows the second user as the current user.
Read: How to create a Sudo user on Ubuntu
You do not need to specify a username, If you want to login as root :
$ whoami
firstuser
Current user is firstuser.
$ su – [change user linux]
Password:
Switching to root.
$ whoami
root
root is currently the active user.
Read: How to use sudo without having to enter a password in Ubuntu
In general, you can rely on sudo to start a new shell as the user you like.The -u option allows you to specify your desired username:
$ whoami
firstuser
$ sudo -u seconduser zsh
$ whoami
seconduser
If you do not have sudo access, there are some other alternative ways, like ssh username@localhost. The sudo command is rather simple to use as long as it is installed and you have the required permission to use it.
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