username not in the sudoers file

pon · 04-24-2015, 07:50 AM

Hi all,
when i try to run any sudo command , it is not running
instead it gives
"username not in the sudoers file".

it is problem in my redhat computer

Thanks

Pon

strick1226 · 04-24-2015, 08:19 AM

I'm presuming you're running RH6 or 7; this should work for both, I think:

As root, you will have to add your UserID to the list of users allowed to run commands as root using the sudo command.

http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/635

Once you've made the changes as detailed in that article you should be able to execute commands with escalated privileges such as "sudo yum check-update" etc.