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05-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
thesimplecreator Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: washington , USA Posts: 228	[SOLVED] help setting up sudo 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 __________________ Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds http://www.deathnerd.com <--------Politically right winged blog, with some tech stuff too.

05-14-2008	#2 (permalink)
Jonathan183 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,410	Did you try something like this?

05-14-2008	#3 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,057	Execute this Code: su - echo "cody ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

05-14-2008	#4 (permalink)
thesimplecreator Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: washington , USA Posts: 228	Thank you guys, it is now working __________________ Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds http://www.deathnerd.com <--------Politically right winged blog, with some tech stuff too.

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