Create a Safe Account to Run Your Code

Create a new user and disable root access

At the prompt on your server

should look something like the following: root@dropletname:~#,

enter adduser followed by the customUserName you want the new user to have.
adduser customUserName

adduser UserName You’ll be asked to create a password. What you type will not show up on screen, but type your password and hit enter. Then retype and hit enter again:

Enter new UNIX password:
 Retype new UNIX password:

SAVE YOUR PASSWORD somewhere safe!

Once you’ve created and confirmed your new password, you’ll be asked a few questions:

Changing the user information for customUserName

Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default

Full Name []:
 Room Number []:
 Work Phone []:
 Home Phone []:
 Other []:

Is the information correct? VirtualPrivateServer$[Y/n]Y

• You can leave these blank if you don’t need this info for your new user.

NB Remember some of your programs are already existing -Programs like Git, Nodejs and Npm. You don’t have to re-install these are already installed by root.