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Remove visudo command from enable-user-space
Remove the text about editing the /etc/sudoers file and using vi and visudo
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ a newly installed |CL| system:
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* Install the most common applications for system administrators and
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developers using bundles.
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* Setup a new user.
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* Setup `sudo` privileges for that new user.
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* Add the new user to the `wheel` group.
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* Install a GUI using those `sudo` privileges.
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.. note::
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@@ -73,44 +73,14 @@ Before logging off as root and logging into your new user account, we must
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enable the :command:`sudo` command for your new `<userid>`.
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To be able to execute all applications with root privileges, we must add the
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`<userid>` to the `wheel group`_ and enable the wheel group in the
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:file:`/etc/sudoers` file.
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`<userid>` to the `wheel group`_.
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#. Add `<userid>` to the wheel group:
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#. Add `<userid>` to the `wheel` group:
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.. code-block:: console
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usermod -G wheel -a <userid>
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#. Open the :file:`/etc/sudoers` file:
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.. code-block:: console
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vi /etc/sudoers
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.. note::
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Normally, we would use the visudo script to edit the :file:`/etc/sudoers`
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file to safely modify the contents of the file. In this instance, the
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file does not exist yet. Therefore, we create the initial instance of
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the file.
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#. In the vi\* editor window, press the :kbd:`o` key to open a new line.
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#. Add the following line to the file:
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.. code-block:: console
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%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
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#. To save the changes to the file and exit vi, press the :kbd:`ESC` key
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followed by the :kbd:`:` and :kbd:`x` keys.
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.. important::
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Creating the file logged as the root user keeps the permissions of the
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file with the root user.
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#. Now, we can log out of root and into our new `<userid>`.
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To log off as root, enter :command:`exit`.
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