Easy way/script to add another user like me?

[Tommy Trussell]

On 2/26/06, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp at ttlc.net> wrote:
> Hello, I've looked at all the replies I saw on 2-26-06 as of about
> 5pm EST. And all of them deal seam to be dealing with group permissions.
> Which sounds right to me except that this is ubuntu and nobody bothered
> to mention configuring the new user account for sudo... Me I have an
> actual root account and avoid sudo, but that isn't the ubuntu norm.
>
> Since I don't use sudo I can't tell you how to add a user to it. But a
> quick look at the man files suggests you check the documentation
> ( man visudo ) for clues about that. As far as I know, all you need to
> do to clone the "1st user" privileges under sudo is to clone the
> settings of the first user in the "/etc/sudoers" file... If I'm wrong,
> I'm sure some sudo user will correct me.

I believe on all recent versions of Ubuntu, I believe all you have to
do to give a user sudo privileges is to add them to the admin group.
(I'm not in front of my system right now or I'd tell you for sure.)
You CAN edit the sudoers file, but the way it's set up you won't need
to.

And I'm a living example of someone who HASN'T set up root on any of
the Ubuntu systems I've installed. So far I have not found a single
situation where I've needed it. Not that there isn't -- I know some
folks feel like they have to have it, so of course it can always be
added.