Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 19:16:42 +0100
- From: Brian <ad44@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Wheezy: adding myself to the sudo group using usermod
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, rhkramer@xxxxxxxxx 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.
Really? vigr cannot be used to add a user to a group? From the manual:
> vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password
> or shadow-group file
>
> rhkramer, you don't need to reboot your machine, but you need to
> re-login in order to start a session with your new set of groups.
rhkramer is an experienced user; he knows logging out and logging in
again is necessary.