How to add a user to the sudoers list

How to add a user to the sudoers list:

  1. Open a Root Terminal and type visudo (to access and edit the list)
  2. Using the up/down arrows , navigate to the bottom of the sudoers file that is now displayed in the terminal
  3. Just under the line that looks like the following:

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

  1. Add the following (replacing user with your actual username):

user ALL=(ALL) ALL

  1. Now press Ctrl+X and press Y when promted to save

That's it, your new user now has root privileges!