Noob here...

[kucelkj]

Noob here. I haven't filled my quota of dumb questions so here I go.

I'm brand new to Ubuntu. I installed Server 12.04.1. I've got networking working just fine. I want to manage users and groups. I want to give a user admin or sudo rights.

I'm a Windows server guy that is considering using Ubuntu in certain situations as a Windows server replacement. I need to do all the things I'm used to in Windows like: user/group administration, file permissions and so forth.

Thanks in advance for any help.

-Ken

[haqking]

Noob here. I haven't filled my quota of dumb questions so here I go.

I'm brand new to Ubuntu. I installed Server 12.04.1. I've got networking working just fine. I want to manage users and groups. I want to give a user admin or sudo rights.

I'm a Windows server guy that is considering using Ubuntu in certain situations as a Windows server replacement. I need to do all the things I'm used to in Windows like: user/group administration, file permissions and so forth.

Thanks in advance for any help.

-Ken

The first user you create already has sudo permission.

To see if you have type


groupsto add a user to sudo


sudo adduser <username> sudo

Remember the sudo password is your own login password, there is no need to enable the root account. Also read ROOTSUDO (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo)

[Bucky Ball]

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