LAST EDIT: Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

User set-up on Ubuntu Server

Follow the commands below to set-up a new user and grant admin/sudo privileges to said user:

1. Enter the following command and follow the instructions to create a new user:

adduser username

2. Add the new user to the admin group with the following command:

usermod -a -G admin username

You should now have a new user with admin privileges.

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