Configure Superuser Access

Introduction

In this challenge, you will learn how to configure superuser access on a Linux system. As a system administrator, it is important to understand how to grant and manage elevated privileges to users, ensuring the security and integrity of the system.

Skills Graph

Grant Superuser Access

Tasks

• Grant superuser access to a user account.
• Verify the user can execute commands with superuser privileges.

Requirements

• The default user account is labex with the password labex.
• Create a new user account named admin.
• Grant the admin user account superuser access.
• Verify the admin user can execute commands with superuser privileges.

Example

After granting superuser access to the admin user, the user should be able to execute commands with elevated privileges, such as:

admin@host:~$ sudo ls /root

Summary

In this challenge, you learned how to grant superuser access to a user account on a Linux system. You created a new user account named admin, added the user to the wheel group, and verified the user could execute commands with elevated privileges using sudo. Understanding how to manage superuser access is a crucial skill for system administrators to ensure the security and integrity of the Linux system.