The /etc/sudoers.tmp file must be edited, in order to give sudo access to any user.
1. Open a terminal and type,
varsha@varsha-laptop:~$ EDITOR=gedit sudo visudo
visudo is used for editing the sudoers file. See the manual for more details.
varsha@varsha-laptop:~$ man visudo
2. At the end of the file, append,
system_username ALL=(ALL) ALL
where system_username is the username of the user whom you want to give a sudo privilege.
Graphically, it can be done as given in this tutorial.
1. Open a terminal and type,
varsha@varsha-laptop:~$ EDITOR=gedit sudo visudo
visudo is used for editing the sudoers file. See the manual for more details.
varsha@varsha-laptop:~$ man visudo
2. At the end of the file, append,
system_username ALL=(ALL) ALL
where system_username is the username of the user whom you want to give a sudo privilege.
Graphically, it can be done as given in this tutorial.
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