How to Use a Server with a Non-root User

Non-root user

A guide on how to use a server with a non-root user

You could have a server with a non-root user that will manage your resources instead of the root user.

For this to work, you need to set up the server correctly.

Requirements

  • The non-root user needs to have the SSH key added to the server.

  • Sudos permissions for the non-root user.

Sudo permissions

You need to add the following lines to the /etc/sudoers file:

# Allow the non-root user to run commands as root without a password
non-root-user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

This will allow the non-root user to any command as root without a password.

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