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docs: discourage users from ssh'ing into the root user

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Instead recommend using the operator user for all normal system
management tasks.
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@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ You can also build Nix from source by following the instructions at https://nixo
nixops ssh operator@bitcoin-node
```
For security reasons, all normal system management tasks can and should be performed with the `operator` user. Logging in as `root` should be done as rarely as possible.
See [usage.md](usage.md) for usage instructions, such as how to update.
To resize the VM disk image, you can use this helper script from within nix-shell:
@ -426,4 +428,6 @@ Follow the [Setup deployment directory](#3-setup-deployment-directory) instructi
nixops ssh operator@bitcoin-node
```
For security reasons, all normal system management tasks can and should be performed with the `operator` user. Logging in as `root` should be done as rarely as possible.
See [usage.md](usage.md) for usage instructions, such as how to update.