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Sep 6, 2014

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Add a new SSH user and key

Hi, anyone knows how to add a new user into Forge Digital Ocean droplet? This user needs to have access only in a specific folder (site).

Thanks!

Level 30

adduser -m youruser

The user has only access in his home directory.

Or have a look at

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-proftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04

or

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-restrict-log-in-capabilities-of-users-on-ubuntu

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