By Kreistan
I currently have 3 accounts on my droplet, for this case I’ll be using the names “root”, “a”, and “b”. I have my SSH key set up so that it currently applies to account a. How do I apply it to the root account as well, but not to account b?
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Greetings!
Great question. There are several ways to do this, but this is mine:
- Switch to the user:
su a
- Generate SSH keys:
ssh-keygen
{hit enter a few times}
- Create/edit authorized keys file:
nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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Paste your public key in that file and close it out.
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Rinse and repeat with each user.
Everyone has preferences, that one just fits my brain :)
Jarland
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