how to modify the sudoers file

[jeanrev]

morning all,

 

How can I use visudo to modify the sudoers file in my mandrake 9.1 laptop Armada 100 Compaq ?

when I type :

visudo /etc/sudoers

the sudoers file's contents appear on my screen but i don't know the commands to modify it

thanks for your help

 

[devries]

Short manual vi: i = insert (you can type now), esc = ant-insert, :x = quit and save (notice the : )

[AussieJohn]

Is it also correct that ......... :wq ..........also equals write and quit and can be used as well as ..... :x ???

 

Cheers. John.

[iphitus]

For information on the sudoers file, try:

 

man sudoers

 

It is pretty technical though, you might be better off dealing with examples:

 

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/sample.sudoers

http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/sudo/sudo-print.php

[devries]

:x ???

 

Try it :D

[jeanrev]

thanks for your help

I stop trying to cope with it but I will start again after reading this new help

and let you know

[jeanrev]

the difficulty with Linux isn't the way it works but the way the tutorials are designed

 

to start with a simple sudo example :

just write :

 

username ALL=ALL under the line where you find " root ALL=(ALL) ALL"

 

and your user has the root's rights during 5 minutes (by default)

 

find something simpler ?

 

if this doesn't work then you know there is a fault somewhere

 

it's a pity the "man:something" doesn't start with the simplest example you can find using the command

a lot more people could have acces to linux and be happy with it

Edited October 21, 2004 by jeanrev