How to create a new SSH user in LAMP stack?

March 29, 2014 3.7k views
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I created a fresh LAMP stack droplet. Now I have to provide my co-worker with access to server web directory (/var/www/) via SFTP. How could it be done right way?
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kamaln7 MOD April 6, 2014
You can simply add a new linux user for him and grant him access to write to /var/www.

  • Create a linux user for him: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-add-and-delete-users-on-ubuntu-12-04-and-centos-6

  • Grant him access to write to /var/www. You can do that by adding a new group called e.g. "developers", adding both your users to it, setting all of the files in /var/www to be owned by the developers groups, and granting it write access:
    #create group:

    groupadd developers

    #add your users to it

    usermod -a -G developers username1

    usermod -a -G developers username2

    #chgrp /var/www to devvelopers

    chgrp -R developers /var/www

    #grant its users write access

    chown -R g+w /var/www



Hope that helps!
How To Add and Delete Users on Ubuntu 12.04 and CentOS 6
by Etel Sverdlov
This tutorial covers the basic commands to add, grant permissions to, and delete users. It is written for both CentOS and Ubuntu.
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