Re: Sudo

["Harold Hartley" <wheelie207@ownmail.net>]

It won’t let me use su either.

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, at 10:40, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:28 -0700
> "Harold Hartley" <wheelie207@ownmail.net> wrote:
> 
> > I did a net-install and installed with no problems.
> > The only problem I’m having is when I want to check for updates or install a file, it tells me that I’m not in the sudoers file.
> > I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m the only one on the system and should have admin access anyways.
> > Hope someone has an answer for this problem.
> 
> I never use sudo.  I consider it too much a security risk even on a
> system with only a single user. Just login as root in your standard user
> terminal: su - (don't forget the dash), enter root password, do your
> update/upgrade or install an app, the type exit to log out and return
> to standard user terminal.
> 
> B
> 
>

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