[SOLVED] Help me to add to 'sudoers' group

tasty_minerals · 2012-01-15 21:56:36

Ok, maybe I'm totally dumb, help me guys on this.
I want to add myself to sudoers group.
checking...
$ groups

lp wheel games audio optical storage power users

Good old gpasswd will help me:
gpasswd -a me sudoers

gpasswd: group 'sudoers' does not exist in /etc/group

And yes, there is no such group in /etc/group.

1. How to add a sudoers group?
2. Why there is no such a group in /etc/ ?

ps. I really should have read mans on sudo and group policy, or should I say reread them.
But there is nothing better, than a helpful advice:)

Last edited by tasty_minerals (2012-01-15 22:22:34)

Evgeniuz · 2012-01-15 21:58:27

You should add yourself to wheel group. And uncomment corresponding line in /etc/sudoers.

jasonwryan · 2012-01-15 21:58:57

WorMzy · 2012-01-15 21:59:36

I think "sudoers" is Ubuntu's version of "wheel". You're already a member of wheel, so you shouldn't need to be in "sudoers" as well.

tasty_minerals · 2012-01-15 22:22:59

thaaaankS!

ipstone · 2014-01-12 01:18:44

has the same problem with new installation, confirmed that uncommenting the line

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

in:
/etc/sudoers

solved the problem. Thanks!

Arch Linux