How To Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu | Linux Today

How To Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu

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May 8, 2018

sudo is command designed to allow users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the root user. In this guide we will show you how to create a new user with sudo privileges on Ubuntu.

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