CentOS / Red Hat: Sudo Allows People In Group Admin To Run All Commands

To allow members of the admin group to run all commands using sudo on a CentOS or Red Hat system, you can modify the sudoers file using the visudo command. Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Open the sudoers file:

2. Run the following command to open the sudoers file in the visudo editor:

sudo visudo

3. This will open the sudoers file in the vi editor.

4. Add a sudo group definition:

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the file and add a new line to define the admin group as a sudo group. The line should look like this:

%admin  ALL=(ALL) ALL

6. This will allow members of the admin group to run all commands using sudo.

7. Save the sudoers file:

8. Press Esc to exit edit mode, then type :wq and press Enter to save the sudoers file and exit the editor.

9. Add users to the admin group:

10. To add users to the admin group, you can use the usermod command. For example, to add the user john to the admin group