You will need to be root to create this new user. Once the user has sudo access they will have the same rights as the root user
1. Create the user
adduser kmarquis
When you create the user you get this output.
Adding user `kmarquis' ... Adding new group `kmarquis' (1001) ... Adding new user `kmarquis' (1001) with group `kmarquis' ... Creating home directory `/home/kmarquis' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: #Set Password Retype new UNIX password: #Confirm Password passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for user Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] y
2. Grant them sudo access by either:
a) usermod -G sudo kmarquis
or
b) visudo
look for the line
root (ALL=ALL:ALL) ALL
add below:
kmarquis (ALL=ALL:ALL) ALL
Hit Ctrl + X then Enter.
Now with whatever method used, the user will have root privileges via sudo. If you need to make any changes that require root access, you just need to enter sudo before the command. You will be prompted for your password before the command is run
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for kmarquis:
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Keeran Marquis
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Keeran Marquis is a Network Engineer. His main goal is to learn everything within the Networking field, pick up a little bit of scripting, be a poor man sysadmin and share whatever he knows! All Posts are his own views, opinions and experiences, no guarantees they will work for you but point you in the right direction 🙂
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