How Do I Open a Sudoers File in Linux?

How Do I Open a Sudoers File in Linux?
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Note that you need to use sudo to run visudo . This will open the sudoers file in the default text editor in Terminal (by default, nano).

How do I view the Sudoers file in Linux?

You can find the sudoers file in “/etc/sudoers”. Use the “ls -l /etc/” command to get a list of everything in the directory. Using -l after ls will give you a long and detailed listing.

How do I use Sudoers in Linux?

For most modern Linux distributions, a user must be in the sudo, sudoers, or wheel group to use the sudo command.
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This is done using the visudo command.

  1. Use the visudo command to edit the configuration file: sudo visudo.
  2. This will open /etc/sudoers for editing. …
  3. Save and exit the file.

18 авг. 2020 г.

Sophia Al-Mansoor
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