How to add a new user with root permission using ssh
Step 1: login to ssh
login to your server by using ssh
Step 2: adding a new user
now type this command to add a new user
adduser yournewuser
Step 3: giving password to new user account
now type this command to add a new user
passwd newuserpassword
You are done with creating a new user as well as a password for your server. Now you have to assign permission to that user account.
Step 4: giving proper permission to the newly created user
now type this code
vsudo
It will open etc/sudoers.tmp file and allow you to edit the file. Beware of changes on this particular file. Change it very carefully.
Now search for the lines below
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
just below the
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
add a new line
yournewuser ALL=(ALL) ALL
it means you are giving yournewuser same permission as root user.
now press [blog-button]ctrl+o[/blog-button], it will save the changes on the file and then press [blog-button]ctrl+x[/blog-button] to exit the file.
Congratulations, you successfully added a new user namely as yournewuser and he will have the same permission like a root user.