Translations:Managing your Linux VM/47/en

Creating a user account and keys

A new user account can be created on Ubuntu with the command

[name@server ~]$ sudo adduser --disabled-password USERNAME

To be able to connect, the new user will need to have a key pair, see generating SSH keys in Windows or creating a key pair in Linux or Mac depending on the operating system they will be connecting from. Then, their public key must be added to /home/USERNAME/.ssh/authorized_keys on the VM, ensuring permissions and ownership are correct as described in steps 2 and 3 of Connecting using a key pair.