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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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Create new user account.
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To create the new user account, use the following command:
sudo adduser hpotterWhen prompted for the password, enter:
ButterB33r!
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Add user to `sudoers` file.
- To add a new user account to the
sudoersfile, run the following command:
sudo visudo- Then, edit the file and include the following line:
hpotter ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL- Now exit the file, saving the changes.
- To add a new user account to the
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