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Adding new user and giving root access
- Posted October 15, 2014
We have a Linux Ubuntu server, and would like to add new user on the account with root access - Would appreciate all suggestions.
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Check this Tutorial about getting started with Ubuntu…
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-14-04
Follow the user creation and Root access steps !!
:)
Thanks for the response
to add new user bill: ssh in and run these two commands
sudo adduser bill sudo usermod -aG sudo bill