Newbie Debian sudo

[Juc1]

Hi all

I have created a new user on my debian VPS so does the new user automatically have permission to do sudo stuff or if not how do I give this permission? Is there a command which will verify that a user has the sudo permission?

Thank you

[elija]

You add them to the sudoers file.

[Juc1]

You add them to the sudoers file.

Ok thanks, does this mean that sudo is now working for this user: sudoers 5.jpg

[Irithori]

Seems so.
You are aware, that this user is now effectively a root user?

[Juc1]

Seems so.
You are aware, that this user is now effectively a root user?

Yes I think the next thing is for me to limit this user to specific commands. Anyway can I only edit etc/sudoers if I am root? If so, what happens after I edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to PermitRootLogin no for security reasons?

Thanks

[elija]

Yes I think the next thing is for me to limit this user to specific commands.

A good idea unless the user really needs full access

Anyway can I only edit etc/sudoers if I am root?

Yes

If so, what happens after I edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to PermitRootLogin no for security reasons?

Add your user to the sudoers file as a full root user before you do that and use sudo when you want to edit it.

[Juc1]

Add your user to the sudoers file as a full root user before you do that and use sudo when you want to edit it.

Ok thanks but if I should specify particular commands to allow the user in /etc/sudoers, do I also need to specify the permission to edit files?

So far my etc/sudoers looks like this:

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
josoap ALL=(ALL) ALL

Thank you