[ubuntu-za] Sudoer file

[Bill Cairns]

Thanks Lee - but part of my problem is that the server has no GUI!


On 18 April 2014 15:17, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org> wrote:

> On 04/18/2014 12:33 AM, Bill Cairns wrote:
>
>> I have a small home server (12.04 server) and everything runs well.
>>
>> There are two users registered on the server. The one (bill) I created
>> some time after installation. I can log into it with no problems but
>> cannot do any privileged commands using sudo. eg:
>>
>> bill at cairnmarsh:~$ sudo ls
>> [sudo] password for bill:
>> bill is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
>> bill at cairnmarsh:~$
>>
>>
>> What is a sudoers file and how do I get bill onto it?
>>
>
> Actually, there are a lot of groups you may need to be in, and there are
> some easy ways to do it.  From the GUI, go to the System Settings app, and
> select User Accounts.  Unlock the App (must be an administrator user) and
> select the user in question.  In Account Type, change it from Standard to
> Administrator.
>
> From CLI, type "more /etc/group | grep <admin user>" and you will see all
> the groups you need to be in.  Now type " sudo usermod -a -G
> adm,admin,audio,cdrom,dialout,fax,sudo,dip,video,plugdev,fuse,netdev,lpadmin,sambashare
> <new user>" as an example to add to those groups. This example is
> overkill...  My home system right now would be "adm,cdrom,sudo,dip,plugdev,
> lpadmin,sambashare,libvirtd,wireshark"
>
>                         Lee
>
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