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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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Challenge
Create new user account.
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To create the new user account, use the following command:
sudo adduser hpotter
When prompted for the password, enter:
ButterB33r!
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Challenge
Add user to `sudoers` file.
- To add a new user account to the
sudoers
file, 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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