How to Set Up and Manage Sudo Permissions

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Ellen Sletton
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Alias, CentOS, Configuration, Debug, Elevated Permissions, Examples, Group, Host, Logging, Nano, Permission Sets, Permissions, Privileges, Root, Subsystem, Sudo, Sudoers, Superuser, Terminal, Ubuntu, Vim, Visudo

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What Is Sudo?

Sudo is a Linux program meant to allow a user to use root privileges for a limited timeframe to users and log root activity. The basic thought is to give as few privileges as possible to a user while allowing the user to accomplish a task. The term “Sudo” means substitute user, and do. It is a program used for managing of user permission based on a system configuration file. It allows users to run programs with the privileges of another user, by default, the superuser. The program is supplied for most UNIX and Linux-based operating systems.

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How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu 16.04

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Alison Gray | Updated: June 4, 2020
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Privileges, Root, Security, Sudo, Ubuntu, User

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS provides you the ability to add a user for anyone who plans on accessing your server. Creating a user is a basic setup but an important and critical one for your server security. In this tutorial, we will create a user and grant administrative access, known as root, to your trusted user.

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How To Install Discourse

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Luke Cavanagh | Updated: April 24, 2020
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Board, Bootstrap, Clone, Community, Discourse, Discussion Board, Docker, Elastic Email, Engagement, Forum, Gems, Git, Mailgun, Plugins, PostgreSQL, Rails, Redis, Ruby, Ruby Gems, SendGrid, Sudo, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 18.04

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What is Discourse?

Discourse is modern forum software that can be easily installed on your Ubuntu-based Liquid Web VPS or Dedicated server to create a vibrant community-driven discussion board. Some of the more popular companies using Discourse to power their communities are New Relic, Cloudflare, and Docker.

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How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 16.04

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Echo Diaz | Updated: June 4, 2020
Category: Getting Started | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Root, Sudo, Ubuntu, User, Visudo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUser management includes removing users who no longer need access, removing their username and any associate root privileges are necessary for securing your Ubuntu based Cloud VPS server. Deleting a user’s access to your Linux server is a typical operation which can easily be performed using a few commands. Continue reading “How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 16.04” →

How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 15.04

Posted on July 13, 2015 by J. Mays
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Root, Sudo, Ubuntu, User, Visudo

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Users via Command Line 101: Basic User Interaction

I. How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu 15.04
II. How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 15.04

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I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Ubuntu 15.04 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

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How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu 15.04

Posted on July 9, 2015 by J. Mays
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Root, Sudo, Ubuntu, User, Visudo

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How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Fedora 22

Posted on July 6, 2015 by J. Mays | Updated: January 29, 2019
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Fedora, Fedora 22, Linux, Root, Sudo, User, Visudo

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Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because this OS has reached its end-of-life support.

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How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Posted on April 1, 2015 by J. Mays | Updated: July 23, 2018
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Linux, Root, Sudo, Ubuntu, User, Visudo

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Users via Command Line 101: Basic User Interaction

I. How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
II. How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

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How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Posted on April 1, 2015 by J. Mays | Updated: September 14, 2018
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Linux, Root, Sudo, Ubuntu, User, Visudo

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Users via Command Line 101: Basic User Interaction

I. How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
II. How to Remove (Delete) a User on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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These instructions are intended specifically for removing a user on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
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How to Remove (Delete) a User on Fedora 21

Posted on March 30, 2015 by J. Mays | Updated: June 4, 2015
Category: Technical Support, Tutorials | Tags: Adduser, CLI, Command-line, Fedora, Fedora 21, Linux, Root, Sudo, User, Visudo

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Users via Command Line 101: Basic User Interaction

I. How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Fedora 21
II. How to Remove (Delete) a User on Fedora 21

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