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sudo access on wheel-supported systems
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enable_root.sh
# add user to the sudo users group
sudo usermod $1 -G wheel
# generate a 16 byte key and print it
key=`cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 16 | head -n 1`
echo $key
# set the users password to that key and expire it so they have to change it when they login
sudo sh -c "echo $key | passwd --stdin $1"
sudo passwd -e $1
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