Re: Sudo
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:52:23 +0000
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>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
>
My guess would be he doesn't know how to use su to install sudo. The
advice to install as root fails when one has never had to use su.
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