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Why is my username not in the sudoers file?
If the user have sudo access, the output will be: If you get an error saying user is not in the sudoers file, it means that the user doesn’t have sudo privileges yet. That’s all. try this video, it works for me.
How can I check if a user is in the sudo group?
You can check if the currently logged in user belongs to the sudo group by using the groups command. If the groups command does not return sudo on Debian-based Linux distributions, then that username can’t run commands with sudo. Example with output of a Debian user that’s not in the sudo group:
What causes the sudo command to be broken?
Any of the following may cause a broken sudo: A user removed from the sudo or admin group. The /etc/sudoers file was altered to prevent users in sudo or admin group from elevating their privileges to that of root using the sudo command.
Why does Sudo not work on fresh Debian?
This incident will be reported. sudo doesn’t work by default on a Fresh Debian installation because your username is not automatically added to the sudo group (it does work on Ubuntu by default).
Is the sudo command in the sudoers file?
The sudo command is a command line utility / program that allows users who are trusted but not necessarily an… FYI: This is the default /etc/sudoers file on WSL2 (18.04, 20.04). You might want to rollback to this. Then restart your WSL2. You will find you can use sudo again.
Is the current user allowed to use sudo?
Probably your current user is not in the sudo group and is therefore not allowed to use the sudo command. Log in as some sudo enabled user if you want to run sudo. Do this to reset the password for your admin user. as you posted in your original question.
Is there any other user than fsolano in sudoers?
If you have any other root/admin user than ‘fsolano’, that is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported: since the user ‘fsolano’ is changed to standard user and if you have any other root privileged user, login via the root one and change ‘fsolano’ to administrator using “User Accounts”.