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- Open Terminal on your Mac.
- Connect to the Linux server using the ssh command:
ssh username@servername - Enter your password.
- Once you’ve successfully logged in, enter the following command to create a new user:
sudo adduser newusername - Follow the on-screen prompts to set a new password for the user and other information like full name, phone number, etc.
- Add the new user to the sudoers group by running the following command
sudo adduser newusername sudo. - Verify that the new user has been created by logging out of the Linux server and logging back in using the new user’s credentials.