Ssh - Disable root login with ssh keys

[cashgold]

Hi,
I've disabled ssh access with password preferring doing it with ssh keys.
Now I want to disable ssh root access and add a new user to whell group.

I've created the new user via cli more than cpanel web interface, so I don't have to put fake information like domain and so on.
I've added the new user to the wheel group but at this point I'm stucked. I cannot ssh login with the new user because the server require an ssh key. From cpanel WHM I can generate ssh keys only for root, and from cpanel account administration panel (port 2083) I cannot access the user specific one because I created it via cli.

Thanks

 

[dalem]

Do you have KVM access so you can edit your sshd_config and enable passwords temporarily

 

[cashgold]

I can access the ssh, I've not still disabled root login.
Just want to know how to allow non-root user to access ssh with an ssh-key (not password) After being successfully I'll disable root login.
I can create ssh key for non-root user through cpanel, but only if I create a cpanel account (with domain and additional infos)
I'm wondering how to create ssh keys for user created through cli (command adduser)

Thanks

 

[dalem]

su username
ssh-keygen -t dsa

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Yes, simply access SSH as the user using the account password and then generate a key with the instructions from the last post.

Thank you.

 

[cashgold]

Solved applying dalem suggestion and duplicating the newly created key file in /home/newuser/.ssh and renaming it to authorized_keys

 

[Sys Admin]

Solved applying dalem suggestion and duplicating the newly created key file in /home/newuser/.ssh and renaming it to authorized_keys

Make sure to generate new keys (public & private) for each new user for security reasons.