How to add a new user in Ubuntu 12.04, and how i give them a root user privileges

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How to add a new user in Ubuntu 12.04, and how i give them a root user privileges

Server or desktop? And this will have been asked before ... See... http://askubuntu.com/questions/132186/create-a-new-user-in-12-04?rq=1 — Rinzwind, Apr 02 '13 at 13:04

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 15 '14 at 07:50

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With 12.04 and later

If the user already exists

sudo  usermod -aG sudo <username>

To create the user

adduser <username> --group sudo

replace username with the name of the user and remove < >

edited Apr 15 '14 at 07:50

Stormvirux

answered Apr 02 '13 at 14:17

Warren Hill

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