How to add a user in sudoers file redhat Or How to configure a user tohave sudo access<\/p>\n
Sodo command offers administratoors a mechanism to provide users trusted users administrative rights withou the need to share the root password. Once a user is the part of sudo (Authenticated) they will get all the previlages of a root user.<\/p>\n
1) Add a new user<\/p>\n
useradd steve<\/p>\n
# passwd steve
\nChanging password for user steve
\nNew password:
\nRetype new password:
\npasswd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.<\/p>\n
Edit the \/etc\/sudoers file using the command visudo<\/p>\n
#visudo<\/p>\n
Find the lines in the file that grant sudo access to users in the group wheel when enabled.<\/p>\n
## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
\n# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL<\/p>\n
Remove the comment character (#) at the start of the second line. This enables the configuration option.
\nSave your changes and exit the editor.
\nAdd the user you created to the wheel group using the usermod command.<\/p>\n
# usermod -aG wheel USERNAME<\/p>\n
Test that the updated configuration allows the user you created to run commands using sudo.<\/p>\n
Use the su to switch to the new user account that you created.<\/p>\n
# su steve –<\/p>\n
Use the groups to verify that the user is in the wheel group.<\/p>\n
$ groups
\n steve wheel<\/p>\n
Use the sudo command to run the whoami command. As this is the first time you have run a command using sudo from this user account the banner message will be displayed. You will be also be prompted to enter the password for the user account.<\/p>\n
$ sudo whoami
\n We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
\n Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:<\/p>\n
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
\n #2) Think before you type.
\n #3) With great power comes great responsibility.<\/p>\n
[sudo] password for steve:
\n root<\/p>\n
The last line of the output is the user name returned by the whoami command. If sudo is configured correctly this value will be root. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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