{"id":40347,"date":"2024-09-19T21:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T19:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=40347"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:11:39","slug":"manage-users-on-cloud-instances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/cloud\/manage-users-on-cloud-instances\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage users on cloud instances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve created a new cloud instance and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/cloud\/connecting-to-cloud-instances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">connected via SSH<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can move to the next step and create users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article <\/span><b>covers the basics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of user management on a <\/span><b>Linux <\/b><span 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