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How to add a user with sudo permission and set up SSH public key
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Add a user

$ export USERNAME=<your username> && sudo adduser --home /home/$USERNAME --shell /bin/bash --disabled-password $USERNAME && sudo adduser $USERNAME sudo

Make a directory and file for SSH auth

$ mkdir .ssh && chmod 700 .ssh && cd .ssh && touch authorized_keys && chmod 600 authorized_keys

Add a public key generated by a user to authorized_keys

$ echo '<your public key>' >> authorized_keys
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