On 4/4/19, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > (On Wheezy) I've been trying to add myself to the sudo group with the > usermod > command. > > As root, I've tried most of the permutations of this: > > usermod -a -G sudo <username> > > None of them have worked -- any suggestions? > > (I have checked using groups (as username), and even have opened fresh > terminals. Hmm, maybe I have to reboot? I hope not, I don't want to do > that > in the near future.)
Hi.. It took about 5 times of reading what you wrote before I remembered that I don't have to "reboot", but I do have to *logout* for changes like that to take hold. The DIFFERENCE is that I use "adduser" to make those kinds of changes: And, yes, I know... logging out might as well be rebooting depending on what kind of work we have opened across our desktops. :) K/t having learned of adduser while debootstrap'ing, I use: adduser <username> sudo If you go looking for adduser and don't find it for Wheezy, see if useradd is there for you. Possibly maybe even installed already? *My understanding* is that adduser and useradd do similar things. Chatter on the Net over time *seems* to be saying that adduser maybe [embellishes] a little... Or something like that. PS I'm not finding either usermod OR useradd via a quick "apt-cache search" of Debian _Buster_ "main" repository. Seems like I remember seeing chatter about that, too, along the way. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
