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I connect to my Ubuntu EC2 instance over SSH and authenticate using a private key.

I am in the process of installing Cowrie on my Ubuntu instance and as per the instructions here: https://cowrie.readthedocs.io/en/latest/INSTALL.html I create a non-root user using the following command:

sudo adduser --disabled-password <userName>

Once created, I then switch using su - <userName>

My question is, how do I leave this shell using my non-root account and return to my root account? At the moment I'm exiting the entire SSH session but this doesn't feel like the most efficient path to take.

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As jesse_b commented, your su command simply entered into another shell as that username; typing exit will leave that shell and return you to your root shell.

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