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(Bug) Create droplet with SSH then disable SSH for root
I found a bug when I followed the first steps to creating a securing the server.
The problem :
You don’t know the password for root when creating a droplet with an ssh key
Reproduce the problem :
- Create a droplet with an ssh key
- Connect to server with ssh key
- Create a new user and add ssh connection
- Disable ssh for root (security measure)
- Try to do
sudowith the new user
You’re asked to enter a password for root but DigitalOcean didn’t send the password by email because I created the droplet with an ssh key.
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Weird since it should ask password of the new user.. Is that username on sudoer list?
Yes I added the new user to
sudogroup, but without a password.I created a
.sshfolder on the home directory with aauthorized_keysfile containing my public keyI just noticed the option to reset root password from
Accessmenu of the droplet.You have to exit your login session and re-login in in order to pick up the new sudo group membership permissions. (or use Userify, but that will only do the user creation part… disabling root is still recommended.)