If you give a user sudo privileges how can I remove the sudo privileges and make the user become just a regular user?
I used:
sudo adduser username sudo
Now I've changed my mind.
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1Take a read through this: askubuntu.com/questions/45035/…– ErresenAug 22, 2013 at 19:50
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Just type
sudo deluser username sudo
This will remove the user named username from the group sudo.
Be careful not to remove the real adminuser from the sudo group.
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@LeiYang, apparently
deluseris a debian thing - have a look atman groupmems.– guntbertFeb 1 at 22:29
If you're like me, you are just trying to figure out how to take away sudo access from a user. It's easy, just open sudo, and type the following in. Keep in mind that USERNAME can be replaced by the profile you are doing this to. In terminal type:
sudo deluser USERNAME sudo
This will only take sudo access away from the profile named USERNAME, and will not delete!
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You can also use gpasswd:
sudo gpasswd -d username sudo
This will remove username from group sudo.
In Ubuntu 22.04 cloud image none of the above worked. I had to also remove the default ubuntu user from file: /etc/sudoers.d/90-cloud-init-users
