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How to Add User to Sudoers on Ubuntu 20.04

Last Updated On September 1, 2021 by linodelinux

In Ubuntu, the easiest way to grant sudo privileges to regular users is to add users to the “sudo” group. This group does exist automatically after we install the Ubuntu operating system. Members of sudo group can execute any command as root via sudo and are prompted to authenticate themselves with their password. We assume …

Why sudo is used in Linux

Last Updated On September 1, 2021 by linodelinux

In linux, the root user is equivalent to the Administrator user on Windows. When you run the linux system administration especially in the critical systems, by allowing staff to use root all the time to perform administration and maintenance that will risk your organization and will vulnerable to security incident. For example, if there is …