Adding a user with sudo privileges for SSH access

- [Voiceover] I'm connected now but again…I'm using the root user,…and that's not something…I want to do all the time.…Root has unquestioned access to the system.…Not only do I not want to accidentally do…something without being prompted about it,…I don't anyone from the outside to be able…to have this level of access to my computer.…To increase security we'll set up a…less privileged account and disable…remote access by the root user.…If we do need to use root's power…we'll connect with that unprivileged user…and escalate our privileges only when needed.…

First I'll create a user.…I'll go over this process in a little bit more…depth later on when I talk…about users and groups,…but for now I'll type "useradd scott".…Of course you might want to call…your user something else.…Next I'll create a home folder and a hidden folder…that SSH expects within that home folder.…Normally, this is two commands but I can use…the -p flag with the mkdir command to tell…the system to create folders as necessary.…I'll type "mkdir -p /home/scott/.ssh".…