To get started with the creation of a new user, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logging Into Your Server via Secure Shell (SSH)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SSH into your server as the root<\/strong> user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ssh root@your_server_ip_address<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Create a new user account with the adduser<\/code> command and use a strong password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
adduser mohsin<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
and the output will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adding user `mohsin' ...\nAdding new group `mohsin' (1001) ...\nAdding new user `mohsin' (1001) with group `mohsin' ...\nCreating home directory `\/home\/mohsin' ...\nCopying files from `\/etc\/skel' ...\nNew password:\nRetype new password:\npasswd: password updated successfully<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
After that, you will be asked to enter values for the user information e.g. Full Name, Room Number etc, or press ENTER<\/kbd> to leave those fields blank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Changing the user information for mohsin\nEnter the new value, or press ENTER for the default\n        Full Name []: Mohsin Rafique\n        Room Number []:\n        Work Phone []:\n        Home Phone []:\n        Other []:\nIs the information correct? [Y\/n] Y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Add the User to the Sudo Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Use the following command to add the user to the sudo<\/strong> group:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
adduser mohsin sudo<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
and the output will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adding user `mohsin' to group `sudo' ...\nAdding user mohsin to group sudo\nDone.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Test Sudo Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now switch to the new user with the following command<\/p>\n\n\n\n
su - mohsin<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Verify with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
whoami<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
and the output will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mohsin<\/pre>\n\n\n\n

Now test sudo access with sudo whoami<\/code>, which should return root<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo whoami<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
and the output will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[sudo] password for mohsin:<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
After giving the password, output will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
root<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Note: Be sure to replace mohsin<\/mark><\/code> with the username you just added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now you have learned how to create a new user with sudo access on Ubuntu. If you have questions feel free to leave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is how you can create a sudo user on Ubuntu. In particular on Vultr\u2019s instance i.e.  Ubuntu 16.04 LTS \/ 18.04 LTS \/ 18.10 \/ 22.04 LTS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[59,60,61,106],"class_list":["post-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux-guides","tag-ubuntu-16-04","tag-ubuntu-18-04","tag-ubuntu-18-10","tag-ubuntu-22-04"],"yoast_head":"\n