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Creating a new user with SSH connection
# https://esc.sh/blog/how-to-create-new-normal-user-with-sudo/index.html
useradd -m username
# -m creates a home directory for the user.
passwd username
usermod -a -G sudo username
chsh -s /bin/bash username
sudo systemctl enable ssh
sudo service ssh restart
# make sure the port(s) (22 for SSH) are open and forwarded in the router settings
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