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Here’s an alternate way to give Linux users sudo access by adding them to the wheel group. Most Linux systems come with the wheel group already predefined. By adding users to the wheel group, they now have the ability to sudo and run root commands. The wheel group is in the sudoers file for Redhat, Centos, Debian and Ubuntu.
usermod -aG wheel username |
usermod -aG wheel username
If you’re the only user on your system, you don’t need to be prompted every time you run the sudo command.
Add yourself to the sudoers file.
# create a new file sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/users |
# create a new file sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/users
Add this line.
# add your username username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL |
# add your username username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
Exit and try again.
# exit out and login again exit # try to sudo again sudo -i # there's no password prompt for sudo this time |
# exit out and login again exit # try to sudo again sudo -i # there's no password prompt for sudo this time
What’s in the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory? It’s a group of files with the following format as displayed in the code below. In the example, the file allows a Linux group or an AD group to assume the role of root, via the sudo command. As long as the group uses the correct format, and is located inside the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory, that group will have access to root.
%groupname ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
%groupname ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL