The “root” super user is the king of users in Linux/Unix. Having root access grants full and unlimited access to the Linux box. In this tutorial, I will show you how to allow root access to a user in a Linux system. Typically, root level access is use

In order to give an average user sudo access, you must run the following command as root: root@host [~]# visudo. This will open the sudoers file in the vi editor. In order to give the user full root privileges, add the following line to the file: example

The correct way to add a user with root privileges is adding the user the normal way, useradd -m user, and then add privileges with visudo to the user. So if you have a backup user that haves root privileges in visudo. you will be able to login to the lin