How to come out of root user?

I just gained root access following steps from the . My prompt get changed from $ to # sign, indicating I have root access. Now I have come out or log out or disable root access. For that I tried sudo passwd -dl root. Then it shows the message:

passwd: password expiry information changed.

But I still have root access, and I am still having # sign instead of $.

root@hostname:~# still appears instead of xyz@hostname:~$.

2 Answers

From what I gather you're simply trying to return to your user account after gaining access to root.

Try typing

exit

in terminal. Or you can simply press CTRL+D.

Just type exit and you will leave the root shell and get a shell of your previous user.