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Old 05-13-2008   #1 (permalink)
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[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"?

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Did you try something like this?
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Execute this
Code:
su -
echo "cody ALL=(ALL)  ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
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Thank you guys, it is now working
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