Initial setup for ubuntu

Written by 236secPublished on 30 December 2023

Setup Your Server Name

to see detail your server using command

hostnamectl

to change your server name using command

hostname <yournewname>

Add User to Server

add new user

adduser <newuser>

add sudo command to user using command

usermod -aG sudo <newuser> 

set password for user

passwd <newuser>

see detail user in ubuntu system in /etc/passwd

disable root remote login in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin no

if you login to newuser use this command to get root permission

sudo su -