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Add a new ssh user to a droplet

  • Posted December 23, 2014

I created a LAMP droplet on ubuntu.

I set it up so I can login on root using SSH, there is no problem there. However I’ve tried multiple tutorials to add a new SSH user and nothing works. I just want a simple way to add an SSH user by using the same SSH key the root user uses. Is there not a tutorial for that?

I’ve created a user (ftphtml), I want ALL the steps to allow that user to login using SSH, could anyone give me the instructions?

I’ve tried this so far:

cp /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorized_keys nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Added: AllowUsers ftphtml root Uncommented: AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys service ssh restart

But when I try to login to ftphtml it gives the following error:

Server refused our key

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Agyieus • January 2, 2015

This is using SSH, you can’t just add a user and login via SSH. If it asked you your password it’s not SSH.

TheDemonCage • January 2, 2015

I don’t know what you did but all I had to do was literally use the “adduser” command

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Agyieus • December 23, 2014

I’ve fixed the issue by adding the following lines:

chmod 755 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/ chmod 644 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorized_keys

But WHY is ALL that necessary just to login using a new SSH user? Shouldn’t DO droplets’ default settings make it easier for us? This is the full list of instructions allow an existing user to SSH:

cp /root/.ssh/authorizedkeys /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorizedkeys nano /etc/ssh/sshdconfig Added: AllowUsers ftphtml root Uncommented: AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorizedkeys chmod 755 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/ chmod 644 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorized_keys service ssh restart

Agyieus • December 23, 2014

I’ve fixed the issue by adding the following lines:

chmod 755 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/ chmod 644 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorized_keys

But WHY is ALL that necessary just to login using a new SSH user? Shouldn’t DO droplets’ default settings make it easier for us? This is the full list of instructions allow an existing user to SSH:

cp /root/.ssh/authorizedkeys /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorizedkeys nano /etc/ssh/sshdconfig Added: AllowUsers ftphtml root Uncommented: AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorizedkeys chmod 755 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/ chmod 644 /home/ftphtml/.ssh/authorized_keys service ssh restart