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My problem is that whenever I try using sudo, I get an error message saying: shawn is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. How can I add my user to the sudoers file? Or how can I log in as a user that is in the sudoers file?
I also noticed, using the "users" command, that there are two users called shawn... How can I tell which shawn I am logged in as? How can I delete one of them to retain only the user that has administrative "powers"?
Thanks for any help
1The user created during the Ubuntu setup is added to the 'admin' group, which has sudo rights by default. Another option is logging in as root using the password (if it was setup).
This question makes me think you aren't the owner/installer of the system, and I won't provide advice on how to workaround system security if you aren't. – baumgart – 2009-09-10T16:04:30.187
shawn is the user I created upon installing Ubuntu, which I installed only a couple of days ago... I don't know what I did that broke the sudo, nor am I aware if it ever worked..
How can I log in as root?
b.t.w: I am the owner/installer of the system, don't worry – Shawn – 2009-09-10T16:07:58.137