Can't go to root in terminal! And sudo not possible

Set up CL 12 Desktop and set up my root password in the installer. Bottom line is that I can’t su to root in a terminal! And I can’t sudo either! What the heck is going on?

Is your user in the wheel group?

Yes, this user is in the wheel group.

I was able to activate the root account, I re-installed CL 12.

However, I’m not able to sudo run anything if I don’t su first. I would like to sudo without being su, and, I’d like to log in to my desktop as root.

Trying to sudo without su results in “not in sudoers file”.

And trying to log on as root is not allowed in KDE.

What did I do wrong?

Thank you.

Regards,
marshall

Well, “out of the box”, CLD version 12, does not allow sudo at the desktop. I think I will work on this some more, and come back here and add my notes and findings.

What I did is to use Visudo and add my login name with the “all all” stuff.

Thanks for your help.

regards

Marshall Sidman wrote:

Yes, this user is in the wheel group.

I was able to activate the root account, I re-installed CL 12.

However, I’m not able to sudo run anything if I don’t su first. I would like to sudo without being su, and, I’d like to log in to my desktop as root.

Trying to sudo without su results in “not in sudoers file”.

And trying to log on as root is not allowed in KDE.

What did I do wrong?

Thank you.

Regards,
marshall

By default, you may use <> with root password (if user has wheel group) or <<ssh root@localhost>> with root password. For using <> you should write user into ‘/etc/sudoers’.