On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 06:41:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > I'm trying to add myself to sudoers. I used `su -` to get root, and > then `adduser jwalton sudo`. > > Now I'm stuck a loop of: > > Enter username[]: > > When I try and add my name, I'm told its there. When I try to <RETURN> > (no name), I looped back to the prompt. I have to break out with a ^C. > > After the ^C break and exit from root, I'm told I'm not in sudoers again. > > How does one use adduser in OpenBSD? >
rtfm? adduser(8) should explain things. Looking at the synopsis it's not clear what you typed would do. Certainly I can't see such a command line in the examples section. If you're just working with sudoers, perhaps you want visudo(8) and not adduser(8). .... Ken