These instructions are a companion piece to my educational posts on Ubuntu . They are intended for use on a personal Ubuntu Linux machine. You must know the root password to complete these instructions. If you are running these instructions on a machine other than your own personal machine, then confirm with your IT department that you have permissions to make changes to the sudoers file before attempting these instructions.

1. Gain root access by typing su -.
2. Enter the root password when prompted.
3. Type “adduser username sudo”. (Make sure to replace “username” with the actual name of your user.)
4. Type “exit” and press enter to leave root access.