How Do I Change User Privileges in Ubuntu?
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How do I give myself admin privileges Ubuntu?

Click Users to open the panel. Press Unlock in the top right corner and type in your password when prompted. Select the user whose privileges you want to change. Click the label Standard next to Account Type and select Administrator.

How do I change normal user to Administrator in Linux?

Procedure to add or create a sudo user (admin) on CentOS or RHEL:

  1. Open the terminal application.
  2. For remote CentOS server use the ssh command and log in as the root user using either su or sudo.
  3. Create a new CentOS user named vivek, run: useradd vivek.
  4. Set the password, execute: passwd vivek.
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