sudo problem
by centguy from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5RXSJ)
Just installed a new Debian:
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I do not how to explain this:
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The strange this is that I tested with another user accounts but
sudo gparted was OK (even then I have tried all sort of things to make sudo work).
I have issued usermod -aG sudo,adm test
The strange thing is that I have problem with all test users names and the
behaviours are so random. Some are OK but some are not. I guess the sequence of events put a user name in the sudoers list but some not. This is so HARD to tame! I guess the sudo management under Debian is still not 100% correct.
This is wasting a lot of testing time.
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| Linux debian12-vostro 5.14.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.14.16-1 (2021-11-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux |
I do not how to explain this:
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| test@debian12-vostro:~$ groups test test : test adm sudo test@debian12-vostro:~$ sudo gparted [sudo] password for test: test is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. |
sudo gparted was OK (even then I have tried all sort of things to make sudo work).
I have issued usermod -aG sudo,adm test
The strange thing is that I have problem with all test users names and the
behaviours are so random. Some are OK but some are not. I guess the sequence of events put a user name in the sudoers list but some not. This is so HARD to tame! I guess the sudo management under Debian is still not 100% correct.
This is wasting a lot of testing time.