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showdonttell
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Cannot Use sudo

#1 Post by showdonttell »

Hello,

This is probably a silly question, but it is frustrating me and I cannot seem to solve it. When I installed MX this latest time, I guess I didn't set up a set up my user account to be able to use sudo, so I just used su and did what I needed to do as root. I can't seem to get sudo working for my user account. Have seen some things that recommend appending the sudoers file, but I am not sure what to set exactly.

This is what happens:

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$ sudo echo 123
Sorry, user showdonttell is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/echo 123' as root on my-machine.
Sorry, this is probably a simple fix, I just can't seem to figure it out.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-24-amd64 [5.10.179-5] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
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dolphin_oracle
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Re: Cannot Use sudo

#2 Post by dolphin_oracle »

please show output of "groups" command.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
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FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
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Re: Cannot Use sudo

#3 Post by Charlie Brown »

You can also use "MX User Manager" , last 2 tabs, either to have a look whether such a group exists and whether you're in that (sudo) group, check if it's un-checked, "Apply".
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Re: Cannot Use sudo

#4 Post by showdonttell »

dolphin_oracle wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:18 pm please show output of "groups" command.
Here's what I have:

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$ groups
showdonttell lp dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev users netdev lpadmin vboxsf scanner sambashare
Charlie Brown wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:18 pm You can also use "MX User Manager" , last 2 tabs, either to have a look whether such a group exists and whether you're in that (sudo) group, check if it's un-checked, "Apply".
Yeah, I looked there and see that there is a sudo group. It is checked for my user in the MX utility, but does not appear in the groups command output, above, which seems strange to me...
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Re: Cannot Use sudo  [Solved]

#5 Post by dolphin_oracle »

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usermod -a -G sudo showdonttell
from a root prompt should do it.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Live system help document: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/help-antix-live-usb-system/
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Re: Cannot Use sudo

#6 Post by showdonttell »

dolphin_oracle wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:31 am

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usermod -a -G sudo showdonttell
from a root prompt should do it.
Thanks, I had to log out and log back in, but groups now shows sudo is included.
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