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New user (with SSH key) on Ubuntu
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ubuntu-new-user-with-ssh.sh
sudo adduser --disabled-password newuser
sudo su - newuser
mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh
touch .ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys
# then copy in public key
# to add new user to sudo group
sudo adduser newuser sudo
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