admin/sudo confusion

[Sarunas Burdulis]

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On 05/11/2013 02:34 PM, rikona wrote:
> Just installed 12.04 on a newly built box. Mostly working fine. Has 2
> users. The first/setup user is an admin, the second, user B, was set
> up as not an admin. LOTS if files for B were copied from the old 10.04
> box, and B will be the main user. But, in the meantime, it would be
> nice if B could use sudo to help with the setup of the box. So, I
> installed users and groups, and set B to be in the sudo group [it is
> listed that way too] - doesn't work though. Then set B to be an
> administrator [temporarily], and B is listed as an admin - sudo still
> NG.
> 
> To add to the confusion, 'user accounts' lists B as 'standard' even
> though 'users and groups' has B as an admin. What's going on?
> 
> How can I get B to have sudo and/or be a temporary admin?

I would suggest comparing group memberships in the output of

id userA

and

id userB

commands. And also looking at /etc/sudoers. If needed, it can be edited
with `visudo`.

Of course, after group membership has been changed, the user has to log
out and login again, for the change to take effect.

Sarunas
math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas


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