Tech:Open Source/Basic Linux/Edit Sudoers

[edit] Edit Sudoers

First things first, edit sudoers and give yourself sudo privileges

su 
chmod 0640 /etc/sudoers
vi /etc/sudoers

Add just one line toward the bottom

%captain  ALL=(ALL)  NOPASSWD: ALL

Remember to make read-only again, lest Linus yell at you.

chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers

And then add yourself to the captain group

groupadd captain
usermod -a -G captain you

(Obviously, substitute your login for 'you', and feel free to call the group something other than 'captain'.)

That's it; we're done with su

exit