Product Name
CIS Hardened Images® (AWS)
Product Version
All
Date
Problem
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How can I create a new user with password authentication to connect to a CIS Ubuntu Hardened Image? |
Solution
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Note that AWS and CIS recommend that is is best practice to use keys instead of passwords. |
Create a new user account for billybob -
useradd billyboband set the password withpasswd billybobNote that the password will need to be 14 characters long with one uppercase, one lower case, one number and one special character. You will be prompted 5 times for that password.Edit the following areas of /etc/sshd_config;
Set – PasswordAuthentication yesAnd add billybob toSet – AllowUsersmaking sure you separate the users with a space not a comma.Run the following commands;
mkdir /home/billybobchown –R billybob:billybob /home/billybobservice ssh restart
Open a new ssh session and logon with the billybob account and password.
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