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Managing Sudo Permissions

In this lab, we will take a look at how to give a user account permissions to use `sudo`. We will accomplish this task by adding the user to the sudoers file, which will then allow the user to use the sudo command.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Published

Apr 15, 2019

Challenge

Create new user account.
1. To create the new user account, use the following command:
```
sudo adduser hpotter
```
  When prompted for the password, enter:
```
ButterB33r!
```
Challenge

Add user to `sudoers` file.
1. To add a new user account to the sudoers file, run the following command:
```
sudo visudo
```
1. Then, edit the file and include the following line:
```
hpotter ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL  
```
1. Now exit the file, saving the changes.

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