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New linux user with SSH
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ssh-user.md 
NewUser=winston
sudo useradd $NewUser --create-home
sudo mkdir /home/$NewUser/.ssh
sudo touch  /home/$NewUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
sudo chown -R $NewUser:$NewUser /home/$NewUser/.ssh
sudo chmod 700 /home/$NewUser/.ssh
sudo chmod 600 /home/$NewUser/.ssh/authorized_keys

Add your pubkey

sudo nano /home/$NewUser/.ssh/authorized_keys

Edit sshd_config to add ALL users that can SSH into your machine

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
AllowUsers ubuntu winston
sudo service ssh reload
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