'username' is not in the sudoers file

[BabaG]

just was trying to run a sudo command in the terminal and got the error
in the topic. what's that and how do i fix it? i'm guessing this would mean
i could never run a sudo command. that's not good. help please?

thanks,
BabaG

 

[atszyman]

I'm willing to bet that "username" is a limited account. If you desperately need to run commands you don't have access too in the limited account you can su "admin account" and then sudo from there.

 

[BabaG]

thanks atszyman. that did it. i'm used to a little bit simpler su
setup with my mandriva systems. don't use sudo there. still
getting used to osx.

thanks again,
BabaG

 

[Mars™]

I'm willing to bet that "username" is a limited account. If you desperately need to run commands you don't have access too in the limited account you can su "admin account" and then sudo from there.

I am using an admin account. (for the record I see no need for mulitiple accounts and wish I could just have full control over my own damn computer).

I am getting this error and typing "su <my account name that is an admin>" in the terminal did nothing. =(

 

[jpyc7]

I am using an admin account. (for the record I see no need for mulitiple accounts and wish I could just have full control over my own damn computer).

I am getting this error and typing "su <my account name that is an admin>" in the terminal did nothing. =(

I'm not sure if you can do "su", but you should be able to do "sudo". The "su" actually means you need the root password, which is not the same as that of your admin account.

 

[AirlinePilot]

su - root

Then enter root password

 

[Hydramus]

I am using an admin account. (for the record I see no need for mulitiple accounts and wish I could just have full control over my own damn computer).

I am getting this error and typing "su <my account name that is an admin>" in the terminal did nothing. =(

"su <account name>" would obviously do nothing if you are already logged into that account as su is 'substitute user' or 'switch user'. If you are still getting the 'not in sudoers file' error while using sudo, you may want to double check whether it actually has admin rights.

 

[jzuena]

For laughs I looked at /etc/sudoers on my mini (you need to use sudo to look at the file and technically its in /private/etc/sudoers but /etc has a softlink to /private/etc) and it looks like OSX uses a standard sudo setup. Both root and any admin accounts get full access to all programs after giving a password. You could add any account to the sudoers file using sudo visudo (using terminal from an admin or other account already able to use sudo) and adding a line for "username" in the user privilege specification section:

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) ALL <-- added line

You can also lock down "username" to only have access to certain commands through sudo. Google would be more helpful than the OSX man pages for that.

 

[megaman1522]

Hepl please

i need to put my limited user in sudoers file withought using admin account password.? this has to be possible. right ????

 

[angelwatt]

i need to put my limited user in sudoers file withought using admin account password.? this has to be possible. right ????

Nope, it's not. Otherwise you wouldn't need to be in the sudoers list.