Solved [Solved] Sudo. Issue Enabling For Users.

[lakrymosa]

Hi! I'm having an issue with enabling sudo. I've added the user to the wheel group and enabled sudo for users in that group using visudo's instructions. However, when I log into that user account, sudo isn't enabled by default. The only way I can run anything with sudo from that account is by switching to root and then switching back into the user account from that user account, like so:

su -
su user

It's a major inconvenience. Is there any way to automatically enable it so I don't have to su to root and back? I hope this makes sense. Thanks!

 

[SirDice]

Re: Sudo. Issue Enabling For Users.

However, when I log into that user account, sudo isn't enabled by default.

Then you must have done something wrong. What's the exact message you're getting?

 

[lakrymosa]

Re: Sudo. Issue Enabling For Users.

However, when I log into that user account, sudo isn't enabled by default.

Then you must have done something wrong. What's the exact message you're getting?

I actually found the solution already, but thank you for answering! I wasn't able to install any packages using sudo and I incorrectly assumed that I couldn't run anything else using it either. However, after actually testing it I did find out what the issue was; I just needed to uncomment a line in visudo.