Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-05 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, April 04, 2019 05:23:33 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks to all who replied, and thanks for the flattering comments ;-) ^^ I should have said "thanks for the vote of confidence".

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-05 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, April 05, 2019 03:39:34 AM Curt wrote: > On 2019-04-04, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > (I may ask another question in a few minutes which may make everyone > > question my competence ;-) > > Well, you top-posted so we're taking off two points on your competency > report anyway. > > ;-)

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-05 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-04, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > (I may ask another question in a few minutes which may make everyone question > my competence ;-) Well, you top-posted so we're taking off two points on your competency report anyway. ;-)

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread rhkramer
Thanks to all who replied, and thanks for the flattering comments ;-) The key for me was needing to do something like logging out and back in -- I haven't added myself to groups very often (if ever) (or manually created a user), and I just didn't think about something like that. I like to think

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Brian
On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 20:10:16 +0100, Thomas Pircher wrote: > Brian wrote: > > Which bit is an assumption? Experienced? I hope you are not questioning > > his competence. > > No, definitely not, I have been reading this list for some time and have > absolutely no reason to doubt his experience or

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Thomas Pircher
Brian wrote: > Which bit is an assumption? Experienced? I hope you are not questioning > his competence. No, definitely not, I have been reading this list for some time and have absolutely no reason to doubt his experience or competence. I wish I had stated that better. What I meant was that he m

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Brian
On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 19:38:01 +0100, Thomas Pircher wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > > Really? vigr cannot be used to add a user to a group? > > Nobody has stated that. > > Since the OP had the correct command in his email, I assumed that the > operation worked, but hasn't been activated in the cur

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Thomas Pircher
Brian wrote: > > Really? vigr cannot be used to add a user to a group? Nobody has stated that. Since the OP had the correct command in his email, I assumed that the operation worked, but hasn't been activated in the current session. Do I know that for sure? No, he hasn't said exactly what doesn

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Brian
On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 18:42:19 +0100, Thomas Pircher wrote: > Brian wrote: > > On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 12:54:52 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > (On Wheezy) I've been trying to add myself to the sudo group with the > > > usermod > > > command. > > > > vigr is your friend. > > I don't

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
SORRY :) On 4/4/19, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 4/4/19, 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 >> >> None of them have worked

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 4/4/19, 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 > > None of them have worked -- any suggestions? > > (I have checked using groups (as

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 06:42:19PM +0100, Thomas Pircher wrote: > Brian wrote: > > On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 12:54:52 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > (On Wheezy) I've been trying to add myself to the sudo group with the > > > usermod > > > command. > > > > vigr is your friend. > > I don

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Thomas Pircher
Brian wrote: > On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 12:54:52 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > (On Wheezy) I've been trying to add myself to the sudo group with the > > usermod > > command. > > vigr is your friend. I don't think this will fix OP's problem. rhkramer, you don't need to reboot your machin

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 12:54:52PM -0400, 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 > > None of them have worked -- any sugge

Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod

2019-04-04 Thread Brian
On Thu 04 Apr 2019 at 12:54:52 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > (On Wheezy) I've been trying to add myself to the sudo group with the usermod > command. vigr is your friend. -- Brian.