{"id":15482,"date":"2020-04-22T12:39:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T12:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=15482"},"modified":"2020-04-25T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T11:31:29","slug":"how-to-grant-root-privileges-to-a-user-in-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/22\/how-to-grant-root-privileges-to-a-user-in-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Grant root Privileges to a User in Centos"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, we will see how to create a user in Centos and how to grant root privileges to a user in Centos.<\/p>\n

How to Create Users in Centos Linux<\/h3>\n

You can use the command below to create a user in Centos.<\/p>\n

adduser frks<\/pre>\n
We have added this user, but how do we determine its password. You can use the command below to determine the password.<\/p>\n
passwd frks<\/pre>\n
Instead of the frks above, you should type the username you want to set the password for.<\/p>\n
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After typing your new password in “New password:” and “Retype new password” above, you will have set your new password for your user.<\/p>\n
How To Grant root Privileges to a User in Centos<\/h3>\n
We created a user and defined his password. Now let’s grant root Privileges to this user. To do this we need to edit sudoers as below.<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/sudoers<\/pre>\n
After editing Sudoers, we add the user created as follows.<\/p>\n
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After adding, we save and exit(:wq) and our user now has root privilege.<\/p>\n
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