create-new-user.md

How to create a new user on the Jetson

Prerequisite

This tutorial is for admin user's only. If you are not an admin is tutorial is not applicable. Please contact Neil or your team lead.

Step 1

Log in to the admin account

Step 2

Create the user by entering

sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash [username]

The username should be your UNI

Step 3

Now we need to set the password for the new user.

sudo passwd [username]

This commmand will prompt you to enter the password for the new user.

Step 4

Now you are ready to test the new account. You can use ssh to login to your new account, for example, ssh yn2376@jetson-00. By entering your password, you should be able to login to the Jetson.

Questions

Please contact Neil directly if you have questions.