Setting up an SSH user to access a website

[danwtsa]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	Ubuntu Linux 22.04.4
Webmin version	2.105
Virtualmin version	7.9.0
Related packages	SUGGESTED

Hello… I would like to set up an SSH user to access the files on one particular website in my installation. I see where to set up an FTP user… but I can’t figure out where to set up an SSH user? Currenly the only SSH user is the root admin account

Dan Lewis

[ID10T]

If you are sure you want to do this, I think you must give them a shell in /etc/password

At least that’s the way I remember doing it over a year ago.

Not the difference in /bin/bash, / bin/false
mit:x:1002:1001:,,,:/home/mit:/bin/bash
mit@tadmin.com:x:1001:1000:mit:/home/tadmin/homes/mit:/bin/false

[jimr1]

You could also set this using webmin->system->users and groups. But to save doing that just make sure the interactive terminal privs have been given to the user and they have a terminal from within webmin/virtualmin interface without needing ssh log in

[shoulders]

Can you just not edit the user login type and assign ssh permissions?

Update

As mentioned, this only works for the account owner

• Virtualmin → Manage Virtual Server → Edit Owner Limits → Other Restrictions → Allowed login type
  
  
• see some upcoming improvements: feature: Have a simple option to disable enable SSH for an account owner · Issue #703 · virtualmin/virtualmin-gpl · GitHub