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How to add a user to sudoer
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| # Used this on redhat - replace user-to-add with your username | |
| echo 'user-to-add ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers |
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This is good on a desktop machine but depending on your restrictions, may not be a good idea on a server. Typically with sudoers, you can also further restrict the user to only run certain commands (like httpd restart) with sudo on a server.