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how to add user to sudoers

How do I allow a user to use sudo?
This is what I have tried:

Code:

cia@TRRNTS:~$ su

Password:

root@TRRNTS:/home/cia# /usr/sbin/visudo

[...]

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command

sudo    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

[...]

root@TRRNTS:/home/cia# /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G sudo cia

root@TRRNTS:/home/cia# id cia

uid=1000(cia) gid=1000(cia) groups=1000(cia),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),109(netdev),112(bluetooth),115(scanner)

root@TRRNTS:/home/cia# exit

exit

cia@TRRNTS:~$ id

uid=1000(cia) gid=1000(cia) groups=1000(cia),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),109(netdev),112(bluetooth),115(scanner)

cia@TRRNTS:~$ sudo ls

[sudo] password for cia:

cia is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

cia@TRRNTS:~$

Strange, in my /etc/sudoers it reads "%sudo", not just "sudo". Using only "sudo" would mean the user sudo I guess?

In any case, user & group changes don't take effect until you log out/in iirc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho (Post 6208602)

Strange, in my /etc/sudoers it reads "%sudo", not just "sudo". Using only "sudo" would mean the user sudo I guess?

In any case, user & group changes don't take effect until you log out/in iirc.

that typo was the problem, thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by 00x (Post 6208603)

that typo was the problem, thanks

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