{"id":846,"date":"2025-02-22T23:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/?p=846"},"modified":"2025-02-22T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:28:10","slug":"how-to-create-a-new-user-on-linux-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/how-to-create-a-new-user-on-linux-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a New User on Linux VPS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Connect to the server using an SSH client (for example, PuTTY).<\/li>\n<li>Log in to the server with your own credentials.<\/li>\n<li>Use the following command to create a new user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>sudo adduser user_name<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here, user_name is the username you want to create. After entering the username, press the Enter key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-853\" title=\"sudo adduser\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser.png\" alt=\"sudo adduser\" width=\"1897\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser.png 1897w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sudo-adduser-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will be asked to set a password for the username. Create a secure password and press the Enter key.(While typing the password, the characters will not be visible on the screen. You can continue creating your password.)<\/li>\n<li>You will be asked to re-enter the secure password you created. Type the password and press the Enter key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-854\" title=\"Linux user password\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password.png\" alt=\"Linux user password\" width=\"1896\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password.png 1896w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-user-password-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When creating a new user on a Linux VPS, you will be asked for some information such as full name, room number, work phone, etc. These are optional. You can enter the information as you prefer or leave them blank.<\/li>\n<li>After completing all the information, you will be asked if the details are correct. If the information you entered is correct, you can save the new user by pressing the &#8216;Y&#8217; key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-855\" title=\"Linux adduser save\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save.png\" alt=\"Linux adduser save\" width=\"1899\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save.png 1899w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linux-adduser-save-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1899px) 100vw, 1899px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect to the server using an SSH client (for example, PuTTY). Log in to the server with your own credentials. Use the following command to create a new user. sudo adduser user_name Here, user_name is the username you want to create. After entering the username, press the Enter key. You will be asked to set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":858,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpanda.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}