On OpenSUSE, you can install the sudo package to allow users to execute commands as the root user. Here are the steps to do this:
- Open a terminal window and log in as the root user by running the command
su
and entering the root password. - Update the package index by running the command
zypper refresh
. - Install the sudo package by running the command
zypper install sudo
. - After the installation is complete, you can use the
sudo
command to execute commands as the root user. For example, to update the system, you would run the commandsudo zypper update
. - By default, the root user is the only user that can use the
sudo
command. To give other users the ability to use thesudo
command, you need to add them to thesudoers
file by running the commandvisudo
and add the user to the file. - To add a user to the sudoers file, append the following line at the end of the file, replacing
<username>
with the actual username:
<username> ALL=(ALL) ALL
- Save the changes and exit the editor.
- Log out and log back in as the user you added to the
sudoers
file to verify that they can now use thesudo
command.
It’s important to note that giving users the ability to use the sudo
command also gives them the ability to execute any command as the root user. So, it’s recommended that you only add users that you trust to the sudoers
file.