user not in sudoers

[Todd Edwards]

On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 13:50 -0700, Johan Scheepers wrote:
> On 04/13/2011 10:23 PM, Todd Edwards wrote:
> > Edit the file /etc/sudoers and add yourself there. Although deemed a
> I would if the system will allow me. Tried sudo gedit /etc/sudoers
> Got xxxx not in sudoers and will be reported
> > security risk by the Ubuntu community you can also change the root
> Tried that to according to man sudo_root.
> Same reply from system

The user account that you created at installation should be in the
sudoer's file by default. I assume that you're on a user account that
you created at a later point in time?

<SNIP>

-- Todd