How to Create a User on Linux EC2 Instance on AWS and Add a Public Key | Linux Today

How to Create a User on Linux EC2 Instance on AWS and Add a Public Key

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Rahul Shivalkar
Apr 14, 2021

Creating a user and adding a public key to it can be very tedious. In this article, we will see how this process can be automated using a shell script which can help us avoid human errors that can arise if we do the task manually.

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Rahul Shivalkar

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