Create new SSH user account on Centos

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Create new SSH user account on Centos

Create new SSH user account on Centos

Create new SSH user on Centos

The following commands are used for adding new ssh user on Centos:

Login to server with root access via SSH, you can do this with Putty

Run following command:

# adduser username

Where username is the actual user you want to create.

Now new user is created, you can change the password for newly created username:

# passwd username

Now you need to add newly created user to wheel group:

usermod -aG wheel username

You can test newly created user with SU command, this will switch the user:

# su - username

You can also grant root permissions to this username by using sudo for all commands:

# sudo ls -lah

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