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I am new and i wonder how am i supposed to run some commands in my standard account (since i don't want to harm system files) that needs root privileges.

i have used sudo and it prompted me to enter the current user's password which is not root, guide me to a way to to it safe.

muru
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If you are using the account the system created for you during the installation process, then you are already a member of the sudo group and you will be able to use root priviledges whenever you use sudo with your own password.

In any other case, just add your user to the sudo and adm groups.

Stormlord
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  • The adm group, IIRC, is just useful for reading some logs. – muru Dec 07 '16 at 15:45
  • This. The need to use sudo is mainly prevent accidentally entering a command that can harm the system. It's not (on a single user system) intended to prevent the standard user from doing (almost) anything, it's just to remind you to think before you proceed. – Zeiss Ikon Dec 07 '16 at 15:51
  • I added a user under standard type, i want to give it permission to run sudo command, how am i supposed to do this? – Muhammad Dilshad Dec 07 '16 at 15:52
  • Log on as a user who already has root rights and type sudo gpasswd -a new_user_name sudo and sudo gpasswd -a new_user_name adm. – Stormlord Dec 07 '16 at 16:06