By nomad101
Hello
I’ve read some posts, but still can’t figure this out.
On my linux pc, I can login as root with ssh (without password), and also created a non-root user (who also logs in without password).
On my windows laptop, I want to create another non-root user with ssh (I believe it’s better in case the laptop got stolen to have a different user/key). But I don’t know how to do this?
Thanks for any help
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Hello,
You can follow the steps here on how to create a new key on your windows machine and how to add it to your droplet:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/create-with-putty/
Then you can connect to your droplet with putty by following the steps here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/putty/
Regards, Bobby
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