{"id":25497,"date":"2018-02-08T02:26:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T08:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=25497"},"modified":"2022-12-08T05:12:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T11:12:23","slug":"how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a sudo user on CentOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Add-User-to-Sudoers-CentOS.jpg\" alt=\"Add User to Sudoers CentOS \" class=\"wp-image-28564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Add-User-to-Sudoers-CentOS.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Add-User-to-Sudoers-CentOS-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Add-User-to-Sudoers-CentOS-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Add-User-to-Sudoers-in-CentOS.jpg\" alt=\"Add User to Sudoers in CentOS\" class=\"wp-image-28566\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We&#8217;ll guide you, <strong>how to create a sudo user on CentOS 7<\/strong>. Sudo is a Linux command line program that allows you to execute commands as superuser or another system user. The configuration file offers detailed access permissions, including enabling commands only from the invoking terminal; requiring a password per user or group; requiring re-entry of a password every time or never requiring a password at all for a particular command line. It can also be configured to permit passing arguments or multiple commands. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate, how to <strong>add a user to Sudoers in CentOS. <\/strong>Adding a sudo user to sudoers in CentOS 7 is a fairly easy task if you follow this 5 steps below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"steps-to-create-a-new-sudo-user\"><strong>5 Steps to Add User to Sudo Group:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662edb4853414\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662edb4853414\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7\/#1-Connect-via-SSH\" title=\"1. Connect via SSH\">1. Connect via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7\/#2-Add-New-System-User-in-CentOS\" title=\"2. Add New System User in CentOS\">2. Add New System User in CentOS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7\/#3-Create-a-Strong-Password\" title=\"3. Create a Strong Password\">3. Create a Strong Password<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7\/#4-Add-User-to-the-Wheel-Group-in-CentOS\" title=\"4. Add User to the Wheel Group in CentOS\">4. Add User to the Wheel Group in CentOS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-7\/#5-Switch-to-the-sudo-User\" title=\"5. Switch to the sudo User\">5. Switch to the sudo User<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-connect-via-ssh\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Connect-via-SSH\"><\/span>1. Connect via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>First of all, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/connect-to-your-linux-vps-via-ssh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">connect to your server via SSH<\/a>. Once you are logged in, you need to add a new system user.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-add-new-system-user-in-centos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Add-New-System-User-in-CentOS\"><\/span>2. Add New System User in CentOS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can add a new system user using the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># adduser newuser<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You need to replace <code>newuser<\/code> with the name of the user you want to add. Also, you need to set up a password for the newly added user.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-create-a-strong-password\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Create-a-Strong-Password\"><\/span>3. Create a Strong Password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To set up a password you can use the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># passwd newuser<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Make sure you are using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/generate-password-linux-command-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strong password<\/a>, otherwise the password will fail against the dictionary check. You will be asked to enter the password again and once you enter it you will be notified that the authentication tokens are updated successfully:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># passwd newuser\r\nChanging password for user newuser.\r\nNew password:\r\nRetype new password:\r\npasswd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-add-user-to-the-wheel-group-in-centos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Add-User-to-the-Wheel-Group-in-CentOS\"><\/span>4. Add User to the Wheel Group in CentOS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The wheel group is a special user group that allows all members in the group to run all commands. Therefore, you need to add the new user to this group so it can run commands as superuser. You can do that by using the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># usermod -aG wheel newuser<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Again, make sure you are using the name of the actual user instead of <code>newuser<\/code>.<br>Now, use <code>visudo<\/code> to open and edit the <code>\/etc\/sudoers<\/code> file. Make sure that the line that starts with <code>%wheel<\/code> is not commented. It should look exactly like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands\r\n%wheel  ALL=(ALL)       ALL\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now that your new user is set up you can switch to that user and test if everything is OK.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-switch-to-the-sudo-user\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Switch-to-the-sudo-User\"><\/span>5. Switch to the sudo User<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To switch to the new user, run the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># su - newuser\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now run a command that usually doesn&#8217;t work for regular users like the one below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ ls -la \/root\/<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You will get the following error message:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ls: cannot open directory \/root\/: Permission denied<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Try to run the same command, now with using <code>sudo<\/code><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ sudo ls -ls \/root\/<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You will need to enter the password for the new user to proceed. If everything is OK, the command will list all the content in the <code>\/root<\/code> directory. Another way to test this is to run the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ sudo whoami<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The output of the command should be similar to the one below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ sudo whoami\r\nroot<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Congratulations, now you have a sudo user which you can use to manage your CentOS 7, operating system.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adding-User-to-Sudoers-in-CentOS.jpg\" alt=\"Adding User to Sudoers in CentOS 7\" class=\"wp-image-28568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adding-User-to-Sudoers-in-CentOS.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adding-User-to-Sudoers-in-CentOS-150x58.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to <strong>create a sudo user on CentOS 7<\/strong>, if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS 7 Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to create a sudo user on CentOS 7, for you. 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