Edit Sudoers File – visudo
1) Open the sudoers file safely:
visudo command edits the sudoers file in a safe fashion.
Attention: you can only run visudo as root
This is a vi editor. Here are some basic vi commands:
To enter vi insert mode: i
To enter vi command mode: [esc]
To exit vi and save changes: ZZ or :wq
To exit vi without saving changes: :q!
2) Update the sudoers file
Update the part where you see:
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
Add the desired user name and ALL=(ALL) ALL. For example:
user1 ALL=(ALL) ALL
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