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thesimplecreator · 05-13-2008

i have debian 4.0 installed in qemu, and i installed sudo using aptitude.
but when i go to use sudo
for example:

Code:

cody@cody-debian:~$ sudo aptitude update

I get this:

Code:

cody is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

How do i add the user cody to the "sudoers file"?

thanks

Jonathan183 · 05-13-2008

Did you try something like this?

*devils casper* · 05-14-2008

Execute this

Code:

su -
echo "cody ALL=(ALL)  ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

thesimplecreator · 05-14-2008

Thank you guys, it is now working

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