On Saturday 19 March 2016 21:13:14 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 04:15:01PM +0000, Frank Jones wrote: > > I have only been using Linux for a short time why cant I use SUDO on > > theterminal with Debian I use it with Linu Mint. > > Possibly you have to add yourself to the sudoers file: it's in > /etc/sudoers -- best edit it (as root) with visudo. > > Make sure there is an entry (perhaps there is one) like > > %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > (that means that users belonging to the sudo group may do everything > can do; you can refine permissions if you want) > > Then add yourself to the sudo group. As root, do > > adduser <yourself> sudo > > You'll need to login again for the changes to take effect.
The OP probably didn't install sudo. Lisi
