--- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 07:43:58PM -0000, Alan wrote: > > hi group > > > > > > i have installed debian 6 on my thin client, and i log in as my user name > > and password. > > > > i need to run in terminal window the following command.... > > > > sudo make install > > > > i get prompted for my password, i enter my user password and am told that i > > am not in the sudouser file????????? > > > > My guess is that you're used to Ubuntu. Debian (as well as a few other > systems), do it somewhat differently. When you did your install, I > would guess that you created a root user. You might have then created a > second user. This user doesn't automatically get sudo privilege. > > You will have to su to root, then edit the /etc/sudoers file. I'm not > sure how Debian does it by default. Many systems have a line, commented > out, that will give all privileges to member of the wheel group, Then, > you can uncomment that line, (by removing the # in front of it) and > adding your username to wheel like so > > > usermod -G wheel -a john > > (If your username was john.) > > This is assuming that Debian has that line in its /etc/sudoers file and > that a wheel group exists. It may be that they have a group sudoers, or > admin (which is what I think Ubuntu uses) that has a similar line. >
I didn't know you could edit the sudoers with a plain text editor. I thought that was what visudo was for? ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
