[colug-432] Creating SSH for New User

[Chris Embree]

I'm not sure if Debian/Ubuntu is different from SuSE/RHEL, but I
include the -m flag to create the users home dir.

Likewise I typically use visudo to edit sudoers and ensure no type-o's.

In real problem solving, I think the 700 permissions are more bad than
good as far as SSH is concerned.    Make sure "User" owns everything
and perms are 600.



On 5/10/15, Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck at postpro.net> wrote:
> My new user (me) can't log on via SSH. Can someone look this over and
> tell me what super basic thing I've done wrong?
>
> What I did:
>
> _As root_:
>
> Add user "name" /usr/sbin/adduser name Create password passwd name
> [created the password] Give root permissions sudo nano /etc/sudoers
> [added the line name ALL=(All) ALL Re-enabled password authentication in
> sshd_config and restarted sshd
>
> _As the new user "name"_:
>
> made directory mkdir ./ssh created file and added public key to file
> authorized keys sudo nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys [entered the public key
> (which I call a "lock")] updated permissions "just in case" chmod 700
> ~/.ssh chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> tried to login with the private key Result: server refused the key.
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>