user not in sudoers

[Todd Edwards]

> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:57 -0700, Johan Scheepers wrote:
> > Good day,
> > 
> > Not used to ubuntu. Using Fedora, Centos, Mandriva.
> > 
> > Want to use and and learn ubuntu.
> > 
> > While waiting for ubuntu 11.04,  I installed 10.10 to get used to it.
> > Now this sudo term. When I use sudo for a root command it tells me I am 
> > not in the sudoers file.
> > 
> > This is annoying. How do I get myself (user) in the sudoers file.
> > This is at home and I am the only user.
> > 
> > I am used to become root when required and get out when finished. Would 
> > rather have the OS operating as I am used to.
> > 
> > Kindly some advice please.
> > Thanks
> > Johan S
> 
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 16:23 -0400, Todd Edwards wrote:
> Edit the file /etc/sudoers and add yourself there. Although deemed a
> security risk by the Ubuntu community you can also change the root
> password and become root as you can when using Fedora, CentOS, etc...
> Just add yourself to the sudoers file above and do sudo passwd to
change
> root's password. Sudo has some pretty strict file permissions so
you'll
> need to chmod it to something you can edit like 700 and then chmod it
> back to I believe 440 (if you get this step wrong it will tell you
what
> the permissions need to be when you try to use sudo).
> 
> -- Todd Edwards


I apologize for top posting.

-- Todd Edwards