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I accidentally removed myself from sudoers, how can I fix this? [duplicate]

I have one admin account and recently I have accidentally added myself to a single group (usermod -G without -a). So, I am not in the sudoers file any more. However, it is not possible to log in to ...
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Why am I suddenly not a sudoer anymore? [duplicate]

I booted up Ubuntu 12.10 today, and when trying to sudo, I entered my password as usual but it had said I'm not a sudoer. So I go and check my account under User Accounts, and for some reason Im now a ...
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How to recover root user [duplicate]

I have accidentally changed the root user from administrator type to basic type in the user account page, and now i have no whatever root previligaes on the system, how i can switch back to ...
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Regain Sudo rights after removing from admin group [duplicate]

I accidentally removed myself from the admin group when editing the user. Now I can no longer use sudo. The error says: ber is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. I booted up ...
berkes's user avatar
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How could I have dropped out of sudoers? [duplicate]

I started to receive a message dims is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. about myself. How could this happen? The suspicious command I made was creating group "advanced" ...
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How can I give admin permissions to my account? [duplicate]

11.10 has allowed me to (stupidly) remove my admin level login leaving me with only my standard log in. I am no longer able to modify any software, update etc. How can I 'uprate' my user login back ...
huw morgan's user avatar
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I am no longer in sudoers? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add myself back as a sudo user? jiewmeng is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. Whats happening? Its a home PC with me as the only user. I ...
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Can't use the sudo command, not in sudoers! [duplicate]

I'm using 16.10 Ubuntu Gnome. When I try to use sudo in command line, it says that I'm not in the sudoers group, and "this incident will be reported". What should I do?
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My user is not in the sudoers file [duplicate]

ana is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. So, what can I do? To change the password I need to edit the sudoers file, and to edit the file I need the password!
Don's user avatar
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No sudo or root access anymore [duplicate]

I'm afraid I locked myself out of the sudo/root options. The one account that had sudo rights now reports that it doesn't have these anymore. How can I restore this? Do I need to use a live stick?
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How to change my account type from standard to administrator? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add myself back as a sudo user? I just re-installed my Ubuntu 11.10, and I accidently changed my account type from admin to standard and I don't have a second admin ...
Yngthlet's user avatar
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I changed my account from Administrator to Standard. How can I reverse this? [duplicate]

I'll begin by telling you that I am new to Ubuntu and I am using Ubuntu 11.10. My problem is that I changed my account from administrator to standard. To be clear, I am the only user in the system. ...
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I deleted my original user account. The new account has no password. How can I enable it? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add myself back as a sudo user? How can enable my admin account? i deleted the other one and now the new one is without password and i cant access it and cant do ...
Nana's user avatar
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2 votes
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My only account is not in the sudo group [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 with a username fooname. And then I did something like sudo usermod -G vboxsf fooname Then, guess what: no one is a sudoer. How can fooname be back as a sudoer? In addition,...
Chang's user avatar
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How to login with root user? [duplicate]

I'm trying to do a login in my Ubuntu, but I can't: I read Q&A about enabling root user, but how I can do it without a sudoer user? How can I add a sudoer user without having root access? I think ...
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