cant use sudo as user ?

rixtr66 · 04-12-2009, 04:42 PM

in my regular user account everything works except sudo?
ive never had this happen before,i checked off wheel so i should be able to sudo,but everytime i do,and it asks for a password it tells me
incorrect pass.i know im using the right pass cause i can get into my root account.can someone help me with this?
any help would be appreciated!!!
Rick
Peace

rg3 · 04-12-2009, 04:54 PM

From your words I understand you are typing root's password, but sudo requires you to type the user's password.

rixtr66 · 04-12-2009, 05:09 PM

when i use my pass,it says rick is not in the sudoers file??

1337 · 04-12-2009, 05:19 PM

You need to edit your /etc/sudoers file. A tutorial can be found here...
http://www.debianadmin.com/providing...sing-sudo.html. Unless you have a large amount of users on your system that you need to give root access (or set permissions for), su is probably a better option. type su and enter the root password to get root.

vitalstrike82 · 04-12-2009, 08:53 PM

Open up terminal and type visudo.

Under this line: root ALL=(ALL) ALL, enter this:

user ALL=(ALL) ALL replacing the user with your username, for me is

Code:

vitalstrike ALL=(ALL) ALL

To access the commands as a normal user with root access, for example to shutdown, use,

Code:

sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now

and key in your password as prompt.

if you want to stop having type /sbin whenever you want to access the root commands. try this:

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:/sbin

put the above lobe into /.bash_profile or to the global profile

rixtr66 · 04-13-2009, 08:36 AM

ok su works! thanks...it's been awhile so ive forgotten alot.
Rick