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[tuxv]

when i run sudo and enter the right file a message say that my username is not in the sudoers file and that incident will be reported. Can anyone post a solution Thank you.

[muha]

Which command are you trying exactly?
Are you trying this on your local server? Or a remote one you cannot become root on?

[eerok]

You have to set up sudo for it to work. Check the man page.

Basically you have to edit a special file, etc/sudoers using the command

# visudo

This is what my etc/sudoers looks like

...

# User alias specification
User_Alias	OWNER = username

# Cmnd alias specification

# User privilege specification
root	ALL=(ALL) ALL
OWNER	ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Replace "username" with your username.

This may or may not be what you want to do; you have to read the man page to decide. My config gives the user full priveleges with no pw.

[tuxv]

Thank you. I'll try that

[flipjargendy]

How do you edit it if you don't have root access? i am having the same problem as tuxv.

[Juan Pablo]

Using su before, If you can use su is probably because you are not in the "wheel" group

[flipjargendy]

su worked. i don't have access to the internet via hardwireing though. Updating Debian is oging to be a wait. For now i use Knoppix.