Yes, I am a n00b...

Okay, I accidently deleted the admin user group from my user name and now I can no longer perform sudo

I can still log in as root via su though. How can I revert my changes? I need to put my username back in the admin's group

 

Easy fix, thank God for plain-text config files!

Code:

# use your favorite text editor
# to edit the [I]/etc/group[/I] file:
[B][COLOR="Green"]vi /etc/group[/COLOR][/B]
# edit the line with [I]admin[/I] 
# to include your username:
[B][COLOR="Green"]admin:x:###:megamaced[/COLOR][/B]

...where ### = the admin group's ID and megamaced = your username on the box.

 

Thanks

I can't use Vi

Did it in Nano

 

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You should learn it, it's a useful app, and present on every distro I know of[/ot]