[SOLVED] Changing sudoers file with Visudo

briandc · 04-15-2012, 04:25 AM

Hello,
Can someone please explain to me in simple terms how I can add my user to my sudoers file (which only contains root) ?

Much thanks.

brian

jschiwal · 04-15-2012, 04:30 AM

The simplest way would be to add your username to the "wheel" group. Then edit the sudoers file:

Code:

## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

The comment tells you what to do.

When you are done doing this, you will need to reboot after changing group memberships & modifying sudo so that the kernel keeps the correct list of groups you are a member off.

rokytnji · 04-15-2012, 04:38 AM

If talking about AntiX

http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?tit...ntiX_Ratpoison

Edit: lets try this link again

Link

That's better.

briandc · 04-15-2012, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

The simplest way would be to add your username to the "wheel" group. Then edit the sudoers file:

Code:

## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

The comment tells you what to do.

When you are done doing this, you will need to reboot after changing group memberships & modifying sudo so that the kernel keeps the correct list of groups you are a member off.

Found it! Now I'll reboot..

brian

briandc · 04-15-2012, 05:23 AM

Everything works fine... just that it seems I'm running root as normal user, since my password isn't required to do make changes. I've gone from no rights to total rights! Can I change that so that I need to put my password?

The reason is that, since "wheel" doesn't exist, the file contains
%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Should I create a wheel group?

brian

rokytnji · 04-15-2012, 07:51 AM

Quote:

%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

should be

Code:

%sudo (your username)=NOPASSWD: ALL

It was also in the link I posted. You can also limit other user name privileges for only shutdown and reboot.

briandc · 04-15-2012, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

should be

Code:

%sudo (your username)=NOPASSWD: ALL

It was also in the link I posted. You can also limit other user name privileges for only shutdown and reboot.

Got it!
Thanks, rokytnji.

brian