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Ubuntu: Creating a user with SSH access and write permission to the web-application folder #Root #By Sayed Ahmed

Ubuntu: Creating a user with SSH access and write permission to the web-application folder

The following Linux commands helped

sudo chown -R username:username /home/username/.ssh
sudo chmod 0700 /home/username/.ssh
sudo chmod 0600 /home/username/.ssh/authorized_keys

Also, added the following lines into the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config  -> did not check whether these are really 
required or not. These were placed as part of a different strategy. Should check whether removing these does 
change anything or not. Assuming that these are required. Because such commands were not placed for another 
user, and that user could not login using ssh.

Port 1234
PermitRootLogin no
AllowUsers testuser

Reference: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16650/create-a-new-ssh-user-on-ubuntu-server

Step by Step:

Create user:
sudo useradd -d /home/testuser -m testuser

Assign Password:
sudo passwd testuser

You may or may not need to use sudo based on the permission for your userid.

Then use similar commands as below. Please create folder as required
sudo chown -R username:username /home/username/.ssh
sudo chmod 0700 /home/username/.ssh
sudo chmod 0600 /home/username/.ssh/authorized_keys

If still does not work, add these lines in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file (use: nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config)

Port 1234
PermitRootLogin no
AllowUsers testuser

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