Login into EC2 Instance as root

Question

I am using putty to login to my ec2 instance. When i typed root it asked me to login as ec2-user. Authenticating with public key "imported-openssh-key" Please login as the ec2-user user rather than root user. when i did login as ec2-user and tried to run commands like yum install httpd it says Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security, update-motd You need to be root to perform this command. I am running the instance for the first time. I tried searching through the amazon aws help section and google. Not able to find the solution.

Accepted Answer

To switch to a root shell, run the command:

```
su
```

If you want to execute a command as root without switching to a root shell, you can use:

```
sudo yum install httpd
```

Login into EC2 Instance as root

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