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As root edit the sudoers file, I'm not at my machine at the moment so can't tell you exactly but there should be a line in it somewhere that says something like:
root ALL = (ALL) ALL
so add your user after this line:
abcd ALL = (ALL) ALL
Be careful: this will give the user abcd FULL root access, to all commands.
As root edit the sudoers file, I'm not at my machine at the moment so can't tell you exactly but there should be a line in it somewhere that says something like:
root ALL = (ALL) ALL
so add your user after this line:
abcd ALL = (ALL) ALL
You haven't mentioned your distro but on some distros I think you need to run /sbin/ifconfig as opposed to just ifconfig
Yes, as Matir said, this gives full access. Would suggest reading up on sudoers file. Full access is not always wise as sometimes the hand can be faster than the head and thats when mistakes happen!
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