{"id":21956,"date":"2017-04-13T10:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T15:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:13","slug":"how-to-create-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Users and Manage Their Sudo Privileges on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24132 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu.jpg\" alt=\"How To Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-To-Create-a-Sudo-User-on-Ubuntu-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We will show you How to Create Users and Manage Their Sudo Privileges on Ubuntu.\u00a0The <strong>sudo<\/strong> command allows normal users to run programs which are only available to the root user.\u00a0\u00a0This tutorial will show you the simplest way to create a new user with sudo access on Ubuntu, without modifying\u00a0 your server&#8217;s\u00a0<code>sudoers<\/code>\u00a0file.<\/p>\n<h2><!--more--><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"steps-to-create-a-new-sudo-user\">5 Steps to Create a New Sudo User:<\/h3>\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-662c3b073c66b\" 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-662c3b073c66b\"  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-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu\/#1-Login-to-your-server\" title=\"1. Login to your server\">1. Login to your server<\/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-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu\/#2-Add-a-new-system-user\" title=\"2. Add a new system user\">2. Add a new system user<\/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-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu\/#3-Add-sudo-privileges-to-a-system-user-in-Linux\" title=\"3. Add sudo privileges to a system user in Linux\">3. Add sudo privileges to a system user in Linux<\/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-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu\/#4-Install-Sudo-program\" title=\"4. Install Sudo program\">4. Install Sudo program<\/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-users-and-manage-their-sudo-privileges-on-ubuntu\/#5-Remove-sudo-privileges-for-a-system-user-in-Linux\" title=\"5. Remove sudo privileges for a system user in Linux\">5. Remove sudo privileges for a system user in Linux<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Login-to-your-server\"><\/span>1. Login to your server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>First of all, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/connect-to-your-linux-vps-via-ssh\/\">connect to your Linux server via SSH<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Add-a-new-system-user\"><\/span>2. Add a new system user<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre># adduser newuser<\/pre>\n<p>Feel free to replace <code>newuser<\/code> with the name of the system user you want to add. You will need to enter a password for your new user as well as you will need to enter some random user information. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/generate-password-linux-command-line\/\">generate a strong password through the command line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre># adduser newuser\r\nAdding user `newuser' ...\r\nAdding new group `newuser' (1001) ...\r\nAdding new user `newuser' (1001) with group `newuser' ...\r\nCreating home directory `\/home\/newuser' ...\r\nCopying files from `\/etc\/skel' ...\r\nEnter new UNIX password:\r\nRetype new UNIX password:\r\npasswd: password updated successfully\r\nChanging the user information for newuser\r\nEnter the new value, or press ENTER for the default\r\n        Full Name []: New User\r\n        Room Number []: 101\r\n        Work Phone []: 123456\r\n        Home Phone []: 123456\r\n        Other []:\r\nIs the information correct? [Y\/n] y<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Add-sudo-privileges-to-a-system-user-in-Linux\"><\/span>3. Add sudo privileges to a system user in Linux<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Once the system user is created go ahead and add it to the <code>sudo<\/code> group using the following command:<\/p>\n<pre># usermod -aG sudo newuser<\/pre>\n<p>Then, use the <code>su<\/code> command to switch to the new user:<\/p>\n<pre># su - newuser<\/pre>\n<p>Now you can try to run some command or program that is available only to the root user. For example, try to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/update-the-software-on-linux\/\">update the package index<\/a> and to install the newest versions of all packages that are currently installed on your server.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update\r\nsudo apt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<p>In case the sudo command is not installed on your server you will get the following error:<\/p>\n<pre>-su: sudo: command not found<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Install-Sudo-program\"><\/span>4. Install Sudo program<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This means you will need to install the sudo program in order to be able to run that command. Switch to your root account and run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre># apt-get install sudo<\/pre>\n<p>You can verify that it is successfully installed using this command:<\/p>\n<pre># dpkg -l | grep -i sudo<\/pre>\n<p>The output should be similar to the one below:<\/p>\n<pre># dpkg -l | grep -i sudo\r\nii  sudo                          1.8.16-0ubuntu1.3                     amd64        Provide limited super user privileges to specific users<\/pre>\n<p>Once the sudo program is installed on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">Ubuntu VPS<\/a>, switch to the new user and try to run the same commands again. You should not see the error message now and instead, you will be prompted to enter the password of the new system user.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Remove-sudo-privileges-for-a-system-user-in-Linux\"><\/span>5. Remove sudo privileges for a system user in Linux<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In some cases, you may want to remove the sudo privileges for a specific system user. For that purpose you can use this command:<\/p>\n<pre># deluser newuser sudo<\/pre>\n<p>Feel free to replace <code>newuser<\/code> with the name of the system user you want to modify. If you get the following message that means the system user has been successfully removed from the sudo group.<\/p>\n<pre># deluser newuser sudo\r\nRemoving user `newuser' from group `sudo' ...\r\nDone.<\/pre>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to Create Users and Manage Their Sudo Privileges on Ubuntu, if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\">Ultra-Flast VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to Create Users and Manage Their Sudo Privileges on Ubuntu server. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS.<\/strong> <\/span>If you liked this post on How to Create Users and Manage Their Sudo Privileges on Ubuntu, please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons below or leave a reply in the comments section. 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