After you created new VPS, usually you will only have root user in the system. It’s recommended to create a new sudo-enabled user to do things in the VPS instead of using root. To create the new user is simple and quick
# Create new user adduser <username> # You will be prompted to enter new password (minimum length 8 characters) # Add the user to sudo group usermod -aG sudo <username> # switch to the new user su - <username> # test whether the user has been created correctly whoami # should return <username> sudo whoami # should return root
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