panduroab/Configure-Ubuntu-server.md

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Access to the server

ssh root@VPS_PUBLIC_IP

Create a new User

adduser usrexample

Root privileges

gpasswd -a usrexample sudo

SSH public key athentication

Local

ssh-keygen

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Server

su usrexample

mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh

vi .ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys

Disable root login through SSH

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin yes --> PermitRootLogin no

service ssh restart

ssh usrexample@VPS_PUBLIC_IP

exit

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