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I added a user to the root group, but the user is still not able to perform operations that require root's permissions. What is the problem?






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  • I know there is a sudo command... I just want to use commands which require root privileges without the sudo. I thought that everyone in root group can do anything, regardless if using sudo.

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I added a user to the root group, but the user is still not able to perform operations that require root's permissions. What is the problem?






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  • I know there is a sudo command... I just want to use commands which require root privileges without the sudo. I thought that everyone in root group can do anything, regardless if using sudo.

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I added a user to the root group, but the user is still not able to perform operations that require root's permissions. What is the problem?






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  • I know there is a sudo command... I just want to use commands which require root privileges without the sudo. I thought that everyone in root group can do anything, regardless if using sudo.

    – John Ronald
    Feb 2 at 20:49



















  • I know there is a sudo command... I just want to use commands which require root privileges without the sudo. I thought that everyone in root group can do anything, regardless if using sudo.

    – John Ronald
    Feb 2 at 20:49

















I know there is a sudo command... I just want to use commands which require root privileges without the sudo. I thought that everyone in root group can do anything, regardless if using sudo.

– John Ronald
Feb 2 at 20:49





I know there is a sudo command... I just want to use commands which require root privileges without the sudo. I thought that everyone in root group can do anything, regardless if using sudo.

– John Ronald
Feb 2 at 20:49










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Root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to root group will only affect permissions of files what have root group, for example edit some config files without sudo. Use sudo before a command to run that command as root, or sudo -i to get a root shell.






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    root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to the root group will only allow access to files that have root group, for example some config files. Being in the root group does NOT give any special privs.



    To grant a user access to sudo, read man sudoers and add them to the sudo group.



    adduser <username> sudo


    The, once the other user logs out&in, or does a newgrp sudo, the other user will be able to preface his/her command with sudo to run as root, e.g. sudo wc -l /etc/shadow.






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    • The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

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    • @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

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    • adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

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    Root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to root group will only affect permissions of files what have root group, for example edit some config files without sudo. Use sudo before a command to run that command as root, or sudo -i to get a root shell.






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      Root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to root group will only affect permissions of files what have root group, for example edit some config files without sudo. Use sudo before a command to run that command as root, or sudo -i to get a root shell.






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        Root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to root group will only affect permissions of files what have root group, for example edit some config files without sudo. Use sudo before a command to run that command as root, or sudo -i to get a root shell.






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        Root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to root group will only affect permissions of files what have root group, for example edit some config files without sudo. Use sudo before a command to run that command as root, or sudo -i to get a root shell.







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            root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to the root group will only allow access to files that have root group, for example some config files. Being in the root group does NOT give any special privs.



            To grant a user access to sudo, read man sudoers and add them to the sudo group.



            adduser <username> sudo


            The, once the other user logs out&in, or does a newgrp sudo, the other user will be able to preface his/her command with sudo to run as root, e.g. sudo wc -l /etc/shadow.






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            • The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 18:48











            • @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

              – waltinator
              Feb 12 at 18:55













            • adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 19:03
















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            root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to the root group will only allow access to files that have root group, for example some config files. Being in the root group does NOT give any special privs.



            To grant a user access to sudo, read man sudoers and add them to the sudo group.



            adduser <username> sudo


            The, once the other user logs out&in, or does a newgrp sudo, the other user will be able to preface his/her command with sudo to run as root, e.g. sudo wc -l /etc/shadow.






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            • The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 18:48











            • @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

              – waltinator
              Feb 12 at 18:55













            • adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 19:03














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            root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to the root group will only allow access to files that have root group, for example some config files. Being in the root group does NOT give any special privs.



            To grant a user access to sudo, read man sudoers and add them to the sudo group.



            adduser <username> sudo


            The, once the other user logs out&in, or does a newgrp sudo, the other user will be able to preface his/her command with sudo to run as root, e.g. sudo wc -l /etc/shadow.






            share|improve this answer













            root login is disabled on Ubuntu. Adding user to the root group will only allow access to files that have root group, for example some config files. Being in the root group does NOT give any special privs.



            To grant a user access to sudo, read man sudoers and add them to the sudo group.



            adduser <username> sudo


            The, once the other user logs out&in, or does a newgrp sudo, the other user will be able to preface his/her command with sudo to run as root, e.g. sudo wc -l /etc/shadow.







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            • The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 18:48











            • @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

              – waltinator
              Feb 12 at 18:55













            • adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 19:03



















            • The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 18:48











            • @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

              – waltinator
              Feb 12 at 18:55













            • adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

              – Doug O'Neal
              Feb 12 at 19:03

















            The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

            – Doug O'Neal
            Feb 12 at 18:48





            The command adduser as given returns an error message. Perhaps you meant addgroup instead? Also, you largely duplicated what LeonidMew already answered; you really need to add more content to your answer to superseded his answer.

            – Doug O'Neal
            Feb 12 at 18:48













            @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

            – waltinator
            Feb 12 at 18:55







            @DougO'Neal What exactly did you type? Did you replace <username> with the Name of the User? Did you pass exactly two parameters to adduser?

            – waltinator
            Feb 12 at 18:55















            adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

            – Doug O'Neal
            Feb 12 at 19:03





            adduser <username> sudo where <username> is the name of an existing user.

            – Doug O'Neal
            Feb 12 at 19:03



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