Re: Sudo

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 20 March 2016 00:40:52 Ric Moore wrote:
> On 03/19/2016 08:22 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Saturday 19 March 2016 21:13:14 tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> >> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 04:15:01PM +0000, Frank Jones wrote:
> >>> I have only been using Linux for a short time why cant I use SUDO on
> >>> theterminal with Debian I use it with Linu Mint.
> >>
> >> Possibly you have to add yourself to the sudoers file: it's in
> >> /etc/sudoers -- best edit it (as root) with visudo.
> >>
> >> Make sure there is an entry (perhaps there is one) like
> >>
> >>    %sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>
> or
>
> # User privilege specification
> root	ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
> ric	ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>
> Note only root and user5 ric has permissions to sudo
>
> >> (that means that users belonging to the sudo group may do everything
> >> can do; you can refine permissions if you want)
> >>
> >> Then add yourself to the sudo group. As root, do
> >>
> >>    adduser <yourself> sudo
> >>
> >> You'll need to login again for the changes to take effect.
> >
> > The OP probably didn't install sudo.
>
> Heh, that will help immensely! Ric

It might suggest that there is no point in telling him/her how to use it, or 
what group to add him/herself to, until the previous advice to install it has 
been followed. :-/

Lisi