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I am trying to add a use to wheel group using in a Ubuntu server.
sudo usermod -aG wheel john
I get:
usermod: group 'wheel' does not exist
On my /etc/sudoers I have this:
> cat /etc/sudoers
> # sudoers file.
> #
> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
> #
> # See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
> #
>
> # Host alias specification
>
> # User alias specification
>
> # Cmnd alias specification
>
> # Defaults specification
>
> # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL %root ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
>
> %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
Do I have to do groupadd of wheel?
Natasha Thapa
Posted 2012-10-13T15:18:49.483
Reputation: 367
3It is pretty clear what the need is, if sudoers in configured for the %wheel group, I need to add my user to that group, typically by adding the user id or name to the list on the 'wheel' entry in /etc/group – Gerry Gleason – 2017-03-22T04:32:29.573
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Does the group "wheel" exist? Try
– terdon – 2012-10-13T15:21:30.553grep wheel /etc/group. Another thing, why are you trying to add someone to the wheel group? Beware the XY problem.grep wheel /etc/group doen't find anything – Natasha Thapa – 2012-10-13T15:24:22.657
So, the wheel group does not exist. Again, what is it you are really trying to do? – terdon – 2012-10-13T15:25:04.200
i am just getting used to with ubuntu, i am new with unix roles and user – Natasha Thapa – 2012-10-13T15:26:01.907
does that mean i need to do groupadd wheel? my assumpution was wheel is a bulit in group – Natasha Thapa – 2012-10-13T15:27:19.207
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OK, please update your question explaining why you need to add a user to the wheel group. This really sounds like a case of the XY problem. In general, yes, in order to add a user to a group, you need to create the group first.
– terdon – 2012-10-13T15:28:19.7203ok, my assumptuion was wheel and admin are bulit in groups – Natasha Thapa – 2012-10-13T15:28:55.133
Wheel is FreeBSD admin group – Boris Ivanov – 2014-04-17T08:46:16.820