Debian 11 - Adding a user that's NOT in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported..

Today we'll fix the NOT in the sudoers file on Debian 11. This incident will be reported.. error. This happens on Debian because when you make a normal user by default that user cannot elevate privileges to a SUPER USER. We'll add a user to a group that has the privileges in Debian 11.
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If you type (su -) instead of (su) you become root and start from root's own home folder which is named root. That way you don't get those error messages which made you use sudo while being root which doesn't make sense.

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its broken... i use debian for many years now... i can't believe this simple adduser user sudo aknowledge the user is in the sudoer but a simple sudo apt update telling you the user has no sudo privilege....

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[@cosmicvoid2207]

What happened to the "wheel" group ??! Is Debian different?

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You can add it in, but yes they have a different philosophy.

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[@cameronmoore136]

I get "su: Authentication Failure" when I try the "su root" command.

[@SrijavBhattarai-fq2nx]

but when i typed su root its showing su: authentication failure

[@controversialgaming8553]

Bro,can we create folders on desktop in debian?Coz i am not able to create any kinda of folder on desktop 😅😅

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You cannot add stuff to the desktop background by default in Debian's GNOME setup. You can enable this feature by downloading GNOME Tweaks.

[@PoProstu_Ameryka]

Thank you for tutorial. But why do I need to use sudo even when I am logged as root?

[@SavvyNik]

No need to. Typically logging in as root is not a good idea, just in case someone else has access to your system and that would cause issues. That's why sudo is used so that you can issue elevated privileges from other users without having to login as root.

[@PoProstu_Ameryka]

@@SavvyNik Thank you for reply:) But when I type "visudo" even when I am logged as root, the command is not found. I need to write "sudo visudo", otherwise it won't work even when I am logged as a root by using su root;/ Maybe just my misconception?

[@SavvyNik]

The program/app is actual sudo so sudo visudo is correct that means use the sudo app and edit it with the switch/command visudo "visual sudo" and it load a default editor so you can edit the config file for sudo.

[@seabreeze9296]

definitely something wrong with my version of Debian LOL. Debian will not allow me to add myself to the list of sudoers because i'm "not in the list of sudoers" lol

[@SavvyNik]

Try and login with the root user - su

[@mpr3308]

Si me funcionó, no olviden reiniciar para que le den los permisos sobre sudo.

[@ginocoloog8321]

Thanks for help me fix my sudo on my fresh debian 11 machine. Like & subscribe

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Thanks

[@magotelecom]

Thanks very much. However I get usermod: command not found?

[@DevMode951]

Lmfao!!! Linux is telling

[@SavvyNik]

Be careful.. incidents will be reported! haha

[@tnuoccaelgoog5646]

great Thanks it worked, but when I want to log in from the main panel with the name root user, this clown tells me that the password is wrong, why??

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[@hackonesx]

It says Su- authentication failure

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[@alekspetrov7191]

didnt work

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I couldn't do it. I feel dumb😢

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Hi and thanks for all your videos. They've truly helped me get my bearings around this Debian Linux derivatives. Jay, I installed Debian 11 BullsEye as a pre-requisite to hardened my OS. Now, if I had a choice of which OS to harden, I would like my rig's main OS to be Arch Linux and leverage KickSecure security hardening scripts to then load a HyperVisor to host WHONIX Gateway to route my Kali, Black Arch and Parrot linux VMs through. :) Can you, create a how to for this? I got Black Arch installed, but got stumped in trying to "morph it to Parabola" or "Hyperbola", so I gave in and re-imaged my rig with Debian 11 BullsEye, just to also get stumped installing the deb packages that convert the pre-installed Debian 11 BullsEye or, as in my preference - Arch Linux. Can you, please, do a how to convert an Arch Linux OS host to KickSecure using the deb packages? Please & thanks in advance! - Anonymous Jones

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this issue made me wipe debian for Mint real fast.

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OK I'm about to copy you

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Ctrl+Alt+T brings up terminal too

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