After a fresh install of Debian you probably want to install some software. You search “debian how to install software” and get “sudo apt-install software” so you type it into your terminal and are met with this message: Username Is Not In The Sudoers File. This Incident Will Be Reported
The good news is this is easily fixed!
First open up a terminal and type the following command:
su
This will prompt you for the Super User or root password. Once you type that in just run one more command:
What this is doing is adding your username to the sudo group and thus getting it’s permissions.
You’re done! You’ve now successfully given your account sudo privileges and you can now install software, update your system and anything else you need. Maybe even install Kanboard for project management in your business!
usermod -aG sudo username
What this is doing is adding your username to the sudo group and thus getting it’s permissions.
You’re done! You’ve now successfully given your account sudo privileges and you can now install software, update your system and anything else you need. Maybe even install Kanboard for project management in your business!