How To Fix “User Is Not in the Sudoers File” Error on Linux (Quick Guide)
Running into the “user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported” error? This video walks you through the fastest and safest ways to fix it whether you’re locked out of sudo, broke permissions, or just created a new user without privileges.
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If you're getting **“user is not in the sudoers file”**, use these fixes:
Add user to sudo group (Ubuntu/Debian):
sudo usermod -aG sudo your-username
If sudo is broken, switch to root (Recovery Mode or TTY):
su -
Safely edit sudoers file using visudo:
visudo
Add this line inside sudoers if needed:
your-username ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
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