Enabling sudo
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2. Editing sudoers File
Now Edit the sudoers File
Simply with:sudo visudo
Or if Command Not Found:
sudo /usr/sbin/visudo
Now on GNU/Linux Distros for visudo there are two Default Shell editors:
- nano
- vi
Now you can recognize the vi Editor from the several “~~~~~” characters marked on window…
And so in this Case to Start Editing then Hit ‘i‘.Finally, to Enable sudo Command for your User
Scroll down and Below the line containing:root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Append:
[myUser] ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Just subtitute [myUser] to your real User’s Name.
In case, to look up your Username drop another Terminal Window and play:whoami
Last Save Changes & Exit:
On nano Just Ctrl+x and Confirm
Where for vi First, Hit Esc and then ‘:wq‘ ;)
Congrats! you should now finally Dispose of a Barely New Nice sudo User :)
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