diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/adding_user_to_sudoers_file.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/adding_user_to_sudoers_file.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8c89e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/adding_user_to_sudoers_file.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +ifdef::context[:parent-context: {context}] +:context: viewing-logs + += Adding a user to sudoers +[id=adding_user_to_sudoers_{context}] + +One of the most common operations that administrators want to accomplish when managing `sudo` permissions is to grant a new user general `sudo` access. This is helpful if you want to give an account full administrative access to the system. + +[discrete] +== Giving a user `sudo` privileges +On Fedora, it is the `wheel` group the user has to be added to, as this group has full admin privileges. Add a user to the group using the following command: +[subs=+quotes] +---- +$ sudo usermod -aG wheel _username_ +---- + +If adding the user to the group does not work immediately, you may have to edit the `/etc/sudoers` file to uncomment the line with the group name: + +---- +$ sudo visudo +... +%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL +... +---- + +ifdef::parent-context[:context: {parent-context}] +ifndef::parent-context[:!context:]