How do I sudo a user in Fedora?

How do I sudo a user in Fedora?

1. Add a New User Account. Create a new user account with the adduser command. # adduser example_user.
2. Add the User to the Wheel Group. Add the new user to the wheel group with usermod . # usermod -aG wheel example_user.
3. Edit Sudoers File. Chekc the sudoers file with visudo . # visudo.
4. Test. Switch to the new user.

How do I save and edit Sudoers files?

By typing Ctrl+X nano exits and if your file needs change you will be prompted to save the changes in which case to save you should press Y and then enter to save changes in the same file you open. If you are not using any gui and you just want to leave the shell the command is Ctrl+D.

How do I give root privileges to a user in Fedora?

Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because this OS has reached its end-of-life support.

1. Pre-Flight Check. These instructions are intended specifically for adding a user on Fedora 21.
2. Step 1: Add the User. It’s just one simple command to add a user.
3. Step 2: Grant Root Privileges to the User.

How to add a user to the sudoers file?

Adding Users to Sudoers File Manually Adding the user to the sudoers file is very easy. All you do is open the /etc/sudoers file and add the username to the list. If you haven’t already read through our tutorial explaining the sudo command and the sudoers file in detail.

How to add a user to the sudo group?

Adding sudo Users With usermod Command. Editing the sudoers file is not the “cleanest” way of doing things when we have a utility created for helping us perform those actions. The usermod command allows us to add/edit groups that a user is in. For adding users to sudoers with the usermod command, we simply need to add the user to the sudo group.

Which is the best command to edit sudoers file?

To edit the sudoers file, we will use the visudo command. Using the visudo command is better than using any regular command-line text editor to edit the sudoers file as it checks for any syntax errors, you may have made while editing the file. When you run the visudo command, you’ll notice that it is using the vim or nano text editor.

How to test the sudo access on Linux?

To test the sudo access for the user, login with the user account or switch to the user account using the “su” (switch user) command.