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bmouring	2010-05-21 , 21:09
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Originally Posted by drangina

Can you explain how can i log in through SSH as user not as root

Some basic steps and their reasons:

Add a password for the user account ("user"), it sounds like you may have already done this, you may want to have a different password than the root password, however.
Code:
```
//as root
passwd user
//enter a new password
```
Open and edit the sshd configuration file (exists at /etc/ssh/sshd_config)
Here, we want to either disallow root logins:
Code:
```
...
PermitRootLogin yes
...
//Change this to "no" to prevent root logins
```
... or specifically spell out which users are allowed to login
Code:
```
...
AllowUsers user
//This line doesn't exist in the installed config file, so it'd need to be added
...
```
Either of these (or both) should net what you want.
Once you've made the changes, restart the sshd daemon, eitehr by using the handy sshd status application or, again, as root
Code:
```
/etc/init.d/ssh restart
```

That should get you on your way.

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