Create read only user on AWS Server & provide sudo access without PPK key

Configuring sudo Access

1. Log in to the system as the root user

2.  Create a normal user account using the useradd command. Replace USERNAME with the user name that you wish to create.

#useradd  USERNAME

3. Set a password for the new user using the passwd command.

# passwd  USERNAME

Changing password for user USERNAME.

New password:

Retype new password:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

4. Run the visudo to edit the /etc/sudoers file. This file defines the policies applied by the sudo command.

#visudo

5. Find the lines in the file that grant sudo access to users in the group USERNAME when enabled.

## Allow root to run any commands anywhere

root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL

USERNAME   ALL=(ALL)       ALL

Read only user access without PPK key

Go to /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PasswordAuthentication yes   -----enable password Authentication

/etc/init.d/sshd reload   ---- reload sshd server.