Showing posts with label sudo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sudo. Show all posts

Dec 18, 2010

create Sudo user (administrator) in Ubuntu Linux

In Linux, we use "sudo" to run a command as administrator  (e.g., sudo  xxx_command).
If you want not to type "sudo" every time, create sudo user or get temporary sudo permission.

(1) create new sudo user 
sudo  useradd  -m  k  -G  admin

in detail,
sudo = run  "useradd" command as administrator 
useradd = command for adding a new user
-m = create home directory for the user
k = account name
-G = set up a group
admin = group name


(2) change current user to sudo user
run  "sudo  gedit  /etc/group"
find something like "admin:x:123:k" where k is current user name
add  ",sj" to change the user to sudo user,  e.g.,  admin:x:123:k,sj


(3) get temporary sudo permission
run  "sudo passwd root"  to set up password for root (skip this if root account already has password)
run  "su -"  or  "su root",  and enter the password
now command prompt changes from $ to # and current account is temporarily sudo user
this sudo permission will be gone when the command terminal/shell is closed.