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How to create a sudo user on CentOS

  • Install “sudo”
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yum install sudo
  • Make sure the following content in the “/etc/sudoers” file below is enabled
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## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

If it’s not enabled, you need to run “chmod u+w /etc/sudoers” before editing the file and “chmod u-w /etc/sudoers” after finishing the editing.

  • Create a user account and add it into the “sudo” list
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useradd -m auser
usermod -aG wheel auser

Done.

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