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Install sudo for CentOS 5.6

Install sudo for centos 5.6

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# yum install sudo
# visudo

Uncomment this ( remove the # )
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
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Save and quit
:wq

To add your username

Edit the group
vi /etc/group

wheel:x:10:root,your_username

Save and quit
:wq

or
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gpasswd -a iyour_username wheel

Then you can try SSH to your server, login using your username and password, after that type
After login, then type
# sudo su -

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

[sudo] password for MY_USERNAME:
# whoami
root
#

Confirm that you can login using your username, then disable the root login.
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passwd -l root

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install sudo linux

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