SSH Deny All Users Except One

ssh deny all users except one
How can we create a dedicated SSH user? This article will help you to SSH deny all users except one.

How it’s possible to SSH deny all users except one? Or in other words, how can we create a dedicated SSH user? Find the steps below.

Create the user account.

useradd sshusr

 

Set Password.

passwd sshusr

 

Add this user to the “/etc/sudoers” file. Simply edit this file or run the below command.

visudo

 

You can find a line as shown below.

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

 

The above line means the root user can run any commands anywhere. Add the line given below under this line.

sshusr ALL=(ALL) ALL

 

Now save the file.

From now on, the user “sshusr” has permission to run any commands anywhere. But for this, you have to add “sudo” at the beginning of every command that you execute as user “sshusr”.

For example, if you login as “sshusr” and want to restart Apache. You have to do it as shown below.

sudo /etc/init.d/httpd restart

 

You can also switch this user to root user. Please run the below command.

sudo su -

 

Now we have created a user called “sshusr” with full permission in your system. But this doesn’t mean “sshusr” is a dedicated SSH user. Maybe there are other users in your system that have SSH shell access. Please follow the steps below to block all those users and set “sshusr” as a dedicated SSH user.
Edit the main SSH configuration file.

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

 

Add the below lines.

AllowUsers sshusr

 

Save the file and restart the SSH service to update these changes.

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

 

That’s it!! That’s how you SSH Deny All Users Except One.

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