Why might you want to add users to the Sudoers File? Well first off logging in as root is something you want to stray from when using Linux. Also you may want to give users certain access to files this can also be done with this file. In this video tutorial I give the users full access so he can act as the root user without actually being the root user. If you have anymore questions about this please refer to this site http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch09_:_Linux_....
In Ubuntu there is a few lines saying this...
# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
which means you don't need to edit this file. Instead, add the user to the admin group.
waroftheworldseu 5 months ago
thx
i installed debian but it didnt install sudo (wtf)!
plutgamer 9 months ago
@magn3t1c
Root password set when you install Linux...
WelchEdman 1 year ago
Thanx Man...
WelchEdman 1 year ago
Good stuff, thanks!!!
7tacosdown 1 year ago
i'm totally new to linux and i can't use sudo, your tutorial looks easy to do but how do you know the root password?
magn3t1c 2 years ago