Linux sudo
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Sudo - grant a user root privilages
sudo usermod -aG sudo nameofuser #enough for Ubuntu, logout required sudo passwd root #sets root password, so it can be used to login
Edit safely /etc/sudoers file
sudo visudo
User rules fields explained
The first ALL is the users allowed | The second one is the hosts; on all hosts (if you distribute the same sudoers file to many computers) | | piotr ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL / | / The last one is the commands allowed The third one is the user as you are running the command
In examples below names beginning with a "%" indicate group names in /etc/group
root ALL=(ALL) ALL #standard root entry piotr ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL #user can run as root without password piotr ALL= NOPASSWD: ALL #piotr will not be prompted for password, just another format to above piotr ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/service #piotr will not be prompt for password while running 'service' command %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL #members of 'wheel' group can run without a password
If you find a number of entries applied to your user, the last entry takes precedence
sudo -l #list all of the rules in the /etc/sudoers that apply to your user sudo -k #clear the timer