Hi everyone.
I have a my droplet with SSH key and it works properly. I created a new user in this droplet. I want to create a new SSH key for this new user. I will use this user for my php website. So, this new ssh key must be different from the root user key. How can I do that?
I’ve been doing a lot of research. But I could not find something that works.
You should be clear on the answers you provide. Because my english is not good. Thanks.
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Almost the same steps as before:
- Generate a key pair using
puttygensave the private key to your hard disk. - Copy the public key then log in to your droplet as root switch to your user
su userthen create a directory called.sshin your home directory and create a file inside it called.authorized_keysand paste the public key there. - Open
puttyenter your droplet IP then browse toSSH -> auththen chooseBrowse...and open your private key which you saved before. - Open
Connection -> dataand enter your user name inAuto-login username - Go back to
Sessionchoose a name for your session and choosesavenow you can connect.
Hope this helps.
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You need to create a new ssh key pair using
ssh-keygenBUT BE CAREFUL to change the name of the private key to something different that~/.ssh/id_rsa, you can call it~/.ssh/id_user_rsa. -
Upload your new public key to the server with this command
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_user_rsa user@droplet_ip, you will be prompted for your new user’s password here. -
Then when you want to connect to your droplet using your new user use this command
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_user_rsa user@droplet_ip
Hint: if you need to create a shortcut you can use this file ~/.ssh/config add this content to it
Host user_droplet
Hostname droplet_ip
User user
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_user_rsa
Now connect using this command ssh user_droplet
Hope this helps, revert back to me if you needed more help.
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