Add / Create a new user with SUDO privilegdes to Ubuntu (Linux)

How to add a new user with password access

  1. Log in to your server as the root user.
  2. Use the “adduser" command to add a create the new user to your system, including their home directory and groups. (replace username with new users username)
    COMMAND: adduser username  
  3. Follow the prompts to add the new users password.
  4. Follow next set of prompts to add relevant info about user.
  5. Next use the “usermod” command to add the new user to the sudo group and any other groups they need access to.
    COMMAND: usermod -aG sudo username
  6. Test the user and their access to sudo commands by switching to the user (use “su” command) and running a sudo commmand.
    COMMAND: su – username
    COMMAND: sudo ls -la /root