# Create new ssh user in webmin and disable root in ssh server

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/create-new-ssh-user-in-webmin-and-disable-root-in-ssh-server/111744>\
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**Created:** [August 8, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/create-new-ssh-user-in-webmin-and-disable-root-in-ssh-server/111744 "2021-08-08T13:29:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/create-new-ssh-user-in-webmin-and-disable-root-in-ssh-server/111744/1 "2021-08-08T13:29:07Z")

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I created a new privileged user in webmin / webmin users and want to give ssh access and disable root.  
However, access is denied when I try to connect via ssh. Is there a way to create a webmin user with SSH access (not a virtualmin/domain user).

| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
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| **OS type and version:** | CentOS Linux 7.9.2009 |
| **Webmin version:** | 1.973 |
| **Virtualmin version:** | 6.16 |
| **Related products version:** | RECOMMENDED |

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**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/create-new-ssh-user-in-webmin-and-disable-root-in-ssh-server/111744/2 "2021-08-08T20:37:42Z")

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If you want a system user, do not create it as a Webmin user. Create a System user, and then make it a Webmin user, too.

Webmin has its own users, which aren’t system users (they literally don’t exist in `/etc/passwd`), but that’s not what you want. So, create a system user (you can do that in the System-\>Users and Groups or using the command line `useradd` or `adduser`), and then in Webmin Users add the user with UNIX authentication.

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/create-new-ssh-user-in-webmin-and-disable-root-in-ssh-server/111744/4 "2021-08-17T12:47:02Z")

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Closed on August 17, 2021, 12:47pm UTC

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