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  sudo "Josh W." <joshw8104@gmail.com> - 2017-11-08 22:20 +0100
    Re: sudo Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2017-11-08 22:30 +0100
    Re: sudo Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-11-08 22:30 +0100
    Re: sudo Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2017-11-08 22:30 +0100
    Re: sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-11-08 22:30 +0100
    Re: sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-08 22:40 +0100
    Re: sudo David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-11-09 00:10 +0100

#188776 — sudo

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Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of
the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks!


Joshua <joshw8104@gmail.com>

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#188778

* Josh W. <joshw8104@gmail.com> [17-11/08=We 14:56 -0600]:
> I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo.  Not sure of the
> process.  Could somebody point me in the right direction.  Thanks!

sudo adduser beeblebrox sudo # man adduser

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#188779

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:56:36PM -0600, Josh W. wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of
> the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks!

Add the user to the "sudo" group.  Either by editing /etc/group directly,
or by using "adduser username sudo".

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#188780

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On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:56:36PM -0600, Josh W. wrote:

> Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of
> the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks!

If you just want to allow a user to use sudo in the default Debian
configuration, it's as simple as adding the user to the sudo group:

   # adduser <username> sudo

where <username> is the user you want to add. The user will be in the
group the next time they log in.

Cheers,
Tom

-- 
I have always noticed that whenever a radical takes to Imperialism,
he catches it in a very acute form.
		-- Winston Churchill, 1903

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#188781

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On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:56:36PM -0600, Josh W. wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of
> the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks!

In Debian, typically there's a group called 'sudo': user belonging to
this group have sudo capability (if the group is enabled for that in
the /etc/sudoers file). So:

 - enable the 'sudo' group in the /etc/sudoers file, by editing
   as root (there's a nice command visudo which calls your favourite
   editor on this file and helps you making sure that you don't
   break anything -- see man visudo for details). Make sure you
   have a line like

%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

   in that file (possibly you just have to remove a comment sign
   '#' at its beginning)

 - add your user to the sudo group:

   adduser <your user here> sudo

Note that you have to login for that to take effect.

Cheers
- -- tomás
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#188782

On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:56:36 -0600
"Josh W." <joshw8104@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not
> sure of the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction.
> Thanks!


Try Google with
 sudo tutorial debian

In Debian, you can do this the quick and (very) dirty way, by
effectively making yourself root after the entry of your user password:
https://wiki.debian.org/sudo

This is fine for a one-user home computer that's not likely to attract
the attention of serious human hackers.

Or you can do it the 'proper' way, by defining what commands you want
to run, and creating /etc/sudoers (better, new files in /etc/sudoers.d)
entries to suit using the visudo program as root. This is harder, and
requires you to know in advance what you want to do as root, but the
correct way with multiple users with varying duties, and/or a business
environment.

-- 
Joe

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#188790

On 11/08/17 12:56, Josh W. wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of
> the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks!

https://www.michaelwlucas.com/tools/sudo


David

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