In this article, We are going to cover How to Create a User with sudo access in Linux or any other cloud platform like Amazon EC2, Azure VM, Google Cloud Compute, etc. with preinstalled Linux OS.
Step #1: How to Create a User with sudo access in Linux
First create a user in Linux with adduser command
sudo adduser devopsbyrushi
output:
Adding user `devopsbyrushi' ...
Adding new group `devopsbyrushi' (1001) ...
Adding new user `devopsbyrushi' (1001) with group `devopsbyrushi' ...
Creating home directory `/home/devopsbyrushi' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for devopsbyrushi
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [Y/n] y
Step #2 : changing sshd configuration file
once user created, open sshd config file.
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
File looks like below PasswordAuthentication no
# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
PasswordAuthentication no
Change to PasswordAuthentication yes
# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
PasswordAuthentication yes
once changed Save and Exit.
Step #3: updating in sudoers file
open the visudo file to give the sudo access
sudo visudo
add the new user in visudo as shown below.
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
devopsbyrushi ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Conclusion:
We have covered How to Create a User with sudo access in Linux.
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