How Give a User sudo Power?

This post demonstrates how to add a user to the sudoers list on a Linux Operating System.

1. Open a terminal and login as the root user.

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su root

2.Open  the "/etc/sudoers" file or execute "visudo".

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1 2	vi /etc/sudoers visudo #The same as the command above

3. Add a new line below the root user.
Format: <username> ALL=(ALL)       ALL

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## Next comes the main part: which users can run what software on ## which machines (the sudoers file can be shared between multiple ## systems). ## Syntax: ## ##      user    MACHINE=COMMANDS ## ## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it. ## ## Allow root to run any commands anywhere root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL oracle ALL=(ALL) ALL

4. Save the file. Now your user should have root privileges.

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1	sudo [command]