Giving a User sudo Privileges

Giving a user sudo privileges can pose a security risk!

The instructions described in this how-to should be carried out by experienced users only.

When installing the IGEL Cloud Gateway with the Remote Installer (see Installing the IGEL Cloud Gateway), the Remote Installer will connect to the deployment server via SSH.

For the installer to be able to perform all required installation tasks, the user provided for the SSH login must be either root or (as of UMS 5.09.110) have sudo privileges. The table below shows how to give sudo privileges to a user on the Linux distributions supported by the ICG.

Distribution	sudo included in default installation	Command to add user to sudoer list*
Ubuntu	Yes	`usermod -aG sudo <USERNAME>`
Debian	No Install with this command: `apt install sudo`	`usermod -aG sudo <USERNAME>`
Redhat	Yes	`usermod -aG wheel <USERNAME>`
SLES	Yes	`usermod -aG wheel <USERNAME>` You also need to add the group `wheel` to `/etc/sudoers`.

* Root privileges are required for using usermod.