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How can I add a user to the Sudoers group or how to give sudo permission?

 

How can I add a user to the Sudoers group or how to give sudo permission?

               1. sudo is a command-line application that lets you run commands as root or another user.

               2. A user can be granted sudo capabilities in one of two methods.

               3. /etc/sudoers is a file that contains a list of sudoers.

               4. This file includes information about which users and groups are granted sudo privileges, as well as the level of privileges they have.

               5. The second method is to include the user in the sudoers file's sudo group.

How to add User in the /etc/sudoers?

               1. You need to be the root user to edit the /etc/sudoers file , run the below command,


               2. Add the user under the User privilege specification as mentioned below, this was similar to root user. 



               3. Verify the sudo permission, by using one of the below command.



How to add User in the sudo group?

               1. First step need to check what group was mentioned in /etc/sudoers file, For examples , it may wheel or sudo.

               2. If you need to add user in the sudo group, run below command .

Or

               3. The -aG option instructs the system to add the user to the group provided. (With G, the -a option is solely used.)

               4. And you can verify, whether the user name is added in the sudo group or not , by using below command 


Note : “group name” may be  wheel or sudo or what mentioned in the sudoers file.


That's it, the session get completed.















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