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 ===== Enabling root and superuser on Debian =====
+This section will show you how to enable root account and superuser on Debian.
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+. Click on Activities on the top left corner of the screen. You can also press the Windows key as a shortcut. {{image_2025-01-16_140330413.png?nolink}}
-  - Click on Activities on the top left corner of the screen. You can also press the Windows key as a shortcut. {{image_2025-01-16_140330413.png}}
+. Search for Settings and click on it.
-  - Search for Settings and click on it. {{image_2025-01-16_140456909.png?100}}
+\\ {{image_2025-01-16_140456909.png?nolink}}
-  - On the left pane, scroll down or search for Users and click on it. {{image_2025-01-16_140517967.png}}
-  - On the blue bar at the top of the page, click Unlock.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_140545623.png?500}}
-  - Then, enter your user password as the Administrator's password. In my case, it is 1211112299. Once that is done, you should notice that the blue bar is gone.
-  - Now press Activities again, and search for Terminal. Click on it. {{image_2025-01-16_140920616.png?100}}
-  - Type ''sudo whoami'' and see the results.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_140944452.png}}\\ The user megat is not in the sudoers file, we need to change that.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141000786.png}}
-  - Type ''su root'' to go into root.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141354849.png}}\\ Notice that ''megat@vbox'' changed to ''root@vbox''.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141422924.png}}
-  - Type ''sudo visudo /etc/sudoers'' to edit the sudoers file.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141612910.png}}
-  - Search for the line ''# User privilege specification''.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141628075.png}}
-  - Add the line ''megat    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL''.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141753705.png}}
-  - Save the file using Ctrl + O -> Enter -> Ctrl + X.
-  - Type ''exit'' to exit root.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_141931069.png}}
-  - Type ''sudo whoami'' again and see the difference.\\ {{image_2025-01-16_142011640.png}}
-**Congratulations, user megat now has sudo permissions!**
+. On the left pane, scroll down or search for Users and click on it. {{image_2025-01-16_140517967.png?nolink}}
+. On the blue bar at the top of the page, click Unlock.
+\\ {{image_2025-01-16_140545623.png?nolink&600}}
+. Then, enter your user password as the Administrator's password. In my case, it is 1211112299. Once that is done, you should notice that the blue bar is gone.
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+You have successfully enabled root and superusers on your Debian! Click this [[Sudoers|link]] to know how to add your accounts to sudo group.