Ubuntu 22.04 – Add User to Sudoers and Config

Jan 23, 2025 | New

Use the usermod or adduser command to add user to sudoers group

sudo usermod -aG sudo username
or
sudo adduser username sudo

To remove the need to enter password when issuing sudo (privilege) commands. The file that the configure is saved /etc/sudoers. Use the visudo command to edit the file

sudo visudo

Make change to the following line.

%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL)

# Change it to the following to disable the need to enter password for all sudoers users.

%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

# You can also specified a specific user to remove the need for password.

demo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL