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Maren-of-Alterside answered on August 17, 2020 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 10/10

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sudo adduser USERNAME
# choose password
# other fields can be left empty
sudo usermod -aG sudo USERNAME

# change user to check if everything is ok
su - USERNAME
whoami
#  output > USERNAME
sudo whoami
# output > root or an error

# if error switch back to the other account
# and do the following to modify /etc/sudoers

sudo visudo
# find a line like "root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" (or similar)
# add an identical line for USERNAME, like
# "USERNAME ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL"
Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X  # save and exit
# change user to check if everything is ok

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useradd -d /home/me -s /bin/bash -G sudo me

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sudo adduser <username>

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