Question
How do I use PuTTY to log in to a non-root user on Ubuntu 16.04?
- Posted March 3, 2017
- Getting StartedUbuntu 16.04
I’ve followed the tutorial on setting up my droplet and installed a SSH key while creating my droplet. Since I’m using Windows, I have been using PuTTY to connect to my server; but I always log in as the root user and not the non-root sudo user I created. How do I create a profile on PuTTY that uses my sudo user instead?
Subscribe
Share
Submit an answer
You can type!ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
Sign in to AnswerThese answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.
when saving session in PuTTY, click data from the left panel and put the non-root username in auto-login username field and save.
@KivxD
Which tutorial did you follow?
I’ll use
usernameas the username in this example.1). Create the users
homedirectory and the.sshdirectory where we’ll store the users’ key.2). Add the user and set their home directory to the one we just created.
3). Add the user to the
sudogroup.4). Create our
authorized_keysfile.5). Setup proper permissions on the
.sshdirectory,authorized_keysfile, and home directory.6). Now you need to paste in your public key to the
authorized_keysfile located here:At this point, you should be able to login via SSH if everything is configured correctly.