On 06/11/2013 01:52 AM, Fred Erickson wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:10:34 -0400
...........snip
> You need to edit the sudoers file. You should find a copy that works
> and make yours look like that. (Hint: you need to add a line with
> your user name and the word ALL in it.) You can edit it with any
> editor, or if you know vi, then you can use visudo. You will have to
> have admin privileges to do this, so if you can't su to root, you
> will need to find out how to do that, first.
>
etc]$ sudo cat sudoers
## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as
## the root user, without needing the root password.
##
## Examples are provided at the bottom of the file for collections
## of related commands, which can then be delegated out to particular
## users or groups.
##
## This file must be edited with the 'visudo' command.
^
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Is this not true any more?
No, it has never been true. But visudo will catch any boo-boos you
make. Sudoers is just a text file, and you can edit it with any
editor, even Kate. Just be careful.
--doug
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