Monday, May 16, 2016

How to fix sudo command not found debian 8

This tutorial let you to fix : sudo after debian installation is missed.

-bash: sudo: command not found


1. Start debian in recovery mode (in Grub boot menu choose : Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux)


then choose from list Debian GNU/Linux, with .... (recovery mode) 
2. Activate or reset root password with this command :

passwd root

and then enter your new root password 

after that reboot recovery mode with this command :

reboot

3. After reboot, in Grub menu : choose Debian GNU/Linux with normal mode (NOT rescue mode)

4. in gnome desktop open terminal and enter this command line to login with root

su

5. Install sudo :

apt-get install sudo

6. Add your username to sudo group :

adduser yourusername sudo

now add your username to this file :

nano /etc/sudoers 

then search for line with "%sudo  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" after this line put :

yourusername ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

exit file & save (ctrl+x then y)

7. now enter in terminal : 

exit 

to exit root to your defaut username

8. test with any command with sudo like : sudo apt-get install htop  and enter your password now should sudo works

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