Hey guys,
I just created a new droplet with ssh keys and what i want is to create a non-root user and login it using putty without using the root user.
Any suggestions on how to do it?
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@marianorovin I’m probably just tired, but just to make sure: Do you want the new users to be able to access the server with a password or do you want them to use a key like root?
Hi @marianorovin
You login with your key as root and then create a new user with the command
adduser marianorovin
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-and-delete-users-on-a-centos-7-server
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