First-Time-Install:-User-Account-Setup.md

1. Forward

We recommend that you NOT use root to login and setup Cloudbox. And definitely DO NOT mix and match with 2 different accounts during setup (i.e. setup some parts in root and others in a non-root account), doing so will prevent apps from functioning, properly.

TLDR: Do not use root to setup Cloudbox.

2. Setup

Choose ONE of the following:

i. Create a new user account seed (recommended)

In this step, you will create the user account seed and add it to the seed and sudo groups.

Run the following commands line by line:

sudo useradd -m seed
sudo usermod -aG sudo seed
sudo passwd seed
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash seed
su seed

Note: If you have an existing user account that you don't plan on using, it may be a good idea to remove it and just stick with using seed for everything.

ii. Create new user account other than seed

Run the following commands line by line:

sudo useradd -m <username>
sudo usermod -aG sudo <username>
sudo passwd <username>
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash <username>
su <username>

Set user in [[settings.yml|First Time Install: Configuring Settings]] to your username.

Note: If you decide to change your username after Cloudbox install, you will need to update the service.d files with your new username/group, see [[FAQ|FAQ#error-process-xxxxx-execstopbinfusermount--uz-mntplexdrive-codeexited-status217user]].

iii. Use an existing (non-root) user account

sudo usermod -aG sudo <username>

Set user in [[settings.yml|First Time Install: Configuring Settings]] to your username.

Note: If you decide to change your username after Cloudbox install, you will need to update the service.d files with your new username/group, see [[FAQ|FAQ#error-process-xxxxx-execstopbinfusermount--uz-mntplexdrive-codeexited-status217user]].

3. SSH Access

From now on, you will log into your server with the above account (not with root).

Example:

ssh user@serveripaddress

Eventually, the server IP address can be replaced with cloudbox.domain.com.