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  1. learncodeacademy revised this gist Oct 15, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 6 deletions.
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    Login to new server as root, then add a deploy user
    ```bash
    sudo useradd --create-home deploy
    sudo useradd --create-home -s /bin/bash deploy
    sudo adduser deploy sudo
    sudo passwd deploy
    ```
    And Update the new password

    Update the password, then
    Change the new users default to bash by adding `/bin/bash` to the end of the last line of `/etc/passwd`
    ```bash
    sudo vim /etc/passwd
    ```

    Now login as that user
    ```bash
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    (wherever it says url.com, use your server's domain or IP)

    Login to new server as root, then add a deploy user
    ```bash
    sudo useradd --create-home deploy
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    ssh [email protected]
    ```

    Make directory .ssh on the remote server
    Make directory .ssh on the remote server and log out
    ```bash
    mkdir .ssh
    exit
    ```

    And add your ssh key to authorized keys
    Push your ssh key to the authorized_keys file on the remote server
    ```bash
    scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected]:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
    ```
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    Login to new server as root, then add a deploy user
    ```bash
    sudo useradd --create-home deploy
    sudo adduser deploy sudo
    sudo passwd deploy
    ```

    Update the password, then
    Change the new users default to bash by adding `/bin/bash` to the end of the last line of `/etc/passwd`
    ```bash
    sudo vim /etc/passwd
    ```

    Now login as that user
    ```bash
    ssh [email protected]
    ```

    Make directory .ssh on the remote server
    ```bash
    mkdir .ssh
    exit
    ```

    And add your ssh key to authorized keys
    ```bash
    scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected]:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
    ```