Adding a user in Ubuntu environment

Adding a user in Ubuntu environment

Login too Ubuntu environment as sudo user.

sudo -i

1) adduser newuser

this will ask a series of questions about user details, password. etc.

2) we need to create a directory for him to add his key :

mkdir -p /home/yatish/.ssh
touch /home/yatish/.ssh/authorized_keys

If you wish to add the user as sudo user then :

usermod -aG sudo yatish

3)  add user's public key in authorized_keys folder :

vi /home/yatish/.ssh/authorized_keys

Esc + : + wq 

4) Ask user to login