= Configuring Sudo

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Fedora users should use a regular user account for regular day to day
activities and a root account only for system administration. Use the
personal account you created following the installation process, at
first boot, for daily use. Use the root account only for administration
of your system.

To run as root use the or commands. Avoid using root for any
non-administration usage, since the root account makes it easy to create
security or data risks. If you frequently use a single user desktop, you
may find it convenient to configure so you can use the same password to
access root as you use for your regular account. To do this, select to
be added to the Administration group during installation. To do it
later, or to add a different user, follow this procedure:

1.  Become the root user using the command. Enter the password for the
root account when prompted.
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su -
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2.  Run this command, using your user account name in the place of
"sampleusername":
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usermod sampleusername -a -G wheel
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You must now log off and back on in order to have access to the wheel
group. Note that when prompts you for a password, it expects your user
password, not root's.

[[reference]]
Reference
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http://fedorasolved.org/post-install-solutions/sudo
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