How to add a Sudo User in Arch Linux

You might be installing Arch and having a root account right now, and you want to add a sudo user.

Lets add my username to your machine so I could use it too.

First, we need to make a new user then we will give the user sudo privileges
useradd -m -G users -s /bin/bash fellchase
Now we've to set up password for new user
passwd fellchase
Be CAREFUL now, ideally you should use visudo to edit this but I'm a nano user so I can use it too.
nano /etc/sudoers
Make sure you don't mess up this file by adding unnecessary tabs and spaces!!! Just type this line
fellchase ALL=(ALL) ALL
Below this line
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
Now use CTRL + X to exit hit 'y' to confirm and then hit ENTER
Now reboot and then login using fellchase & try to use sudo, It should work
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Comments

  1. WhitesoundCLTuesday, May 08, 2018 7:34:00 am

    Thanks, this was really useful!

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  2. AnonymousFriday, June 08, 2018 10:28:00 pm

    You don't need to reboot, you can just log out and log back in. Should work.

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