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rob18767
Asked: 2018-08-23 06:45:03 +0800 CST

Add user to sudoers

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I want to add a user account to sudoers.

I type in 

sudo usermod -aG sudo username

Then I reboot.

I type 

apt update

I get permission denied.

I type 

sudo apt update

Followed by account password and apt update runs.

I thought that adding things to sudoers allows me to run without specifying sudo and entering password?

sudo visudo

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Adding a user to /etc/sudoers/ just permits this user to invoke commands with sudo. Using sudo is still required.

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