How To Add, Delete, and Grant Sudo Privileges to Users on a FreeBSD Server

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Here’s how you can add, delete, and grant sudo privileges to users on a FreeBSD server:

  1. Add a new user:
pw useradd [username]
  1. Delete a user:
pw userdel [username]
  1. Grant sudo privileges to a user:
pw usermod [username] -G wheel

Note: The pw command is used to manage users and groups in FreeBSD. The useradd subcommand creates a new user, userdel deletes a user, and usermod modifies a user account. By default, only users in the wheel group have sudo privileges in FreeBSD. Adding a user to the wheel group grants them the ability to use sudo.

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