In the RHEL docs, we chose "Granting sudo access to a user" [1]. The introductory paragraphs of the chapter should help with the findability of the content. We could also combine the "administrative access" and "sudo" keywords in one title.
HTH,
--Mirek
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 10:09 PM Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm looking at this question on Ask
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/admin-user-converted-to-standard-after-logging-out-and-back-in/861,
and note three things we could improve in the docs.
First,
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/reset-root-password/
is good, but since we default to not setting a root password on Fedora
Workstation, maybe there should be something there referring to that and
pointing to the docs on "adding a user to sudoers".
Which brings me to the second, which is "adding a user to sudoers" is a good
title for people who know what they're doing, but "making a user an
administrator" might be more clear. Not sure the best way to make _both_
titles discoverable.
And third, the root issue: the recommended command `sudo usermod -aG wheel
username` is dangerous, because it'll remove other groups if -a is left out.
I recommend we suggest `sudo gpasswd wheel -a username` or `sudo groupmems
-g wheel -a username`.
Oooh, bonus fourth: this section should also show how to do it in GNOME with
the settings panel.
Thoughts on any of this? I can submit PRs of course, but I wanted to see
what y'all thought.
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fedora Project Leader
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