Edit Sudoers File – visudo

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:52:39 +0000

1) Open the sudoers file safely:
visudo command edits the sudoers file in a safe fashion.
Attention: you can only run visudo as root

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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