How to Create a Sudo User on CentOS 7 | Linux Today

How to Create a Sudo User on CentOS 7

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Feb 9, 2018

We’ll guide you, how to create a sudo user on CentOS 7. Sudo is a Linux command line program that allows you to execute commands as superuser or another system user. The configuration file offers detailed access permissions, including enabling commands only from the invoking terminal; requiring a password per user or group; requiring re-entry of a password every time or never requiring a password at all for a particular command line.

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