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Add ssh user to a Linux (ubuntu/Debian) server, that only has ssh key access

create the user and add public key to authorized_keys file

sudo useradd -m -d /home/$username -s /bin/bash $username
sudo mkdir /home/$username/.ssh
sudo vim /home/$username/.ssh/authorized_keys

fix permisions for file and directory

sudo chown -R $username:$username /home/$username/.ssh
sudo chmod 700 /home/$username/.ssh
sudo chmod 600 /home/$username/.ssh/authorized_keys

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-= Add ssh user to a Linux (ubuntu/debian) server, that only has ssh key access =
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- * Procedure addapted from [[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/210228/add-a-user-wthout-password-but-with-ssh-and-public-key]]
   1. create variable with username {{{
+ * Procedure adapted from [[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/210228/add-a-user-wthout-password-but-with-ssh-and-public-key]]

   1. create a variable with username {{{
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   1. fix permisions for file and directory {{{
sudo chown -R username:username /home/username/.ssh
sudo chmod 700 /home/username/.ssh
sudo chmod 600 /home/username/.ssh/authorized_keys
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+. fix permisions for file and directory {{{
sudo chown -R $username:$username /home/$username/.ssh
sudo chmod 700 /home/$username/.ssh
sudo chmod 600 /home/$username/.ssh/authorized_keys

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   1. if sudo required add user to the group {{{
sudo usermod -aG sudo $username
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