The “wheel
” user has special privileges that allow it to perform administrative tasks on the system. To create a wheel user, follow these steps:
- Open a terminal window and log in as the root user. You can do this by running the
su
command and entering the root password when prompted. - Once you’re logged in as root, run the
useradd
command to create a new user account. For example, to create a user namedjohn
, you would run the following command:
useradd john
- Next, you’ll need to set a password for the new user account. You can do this by running the
passwd
command, followed by the username of the account you want to set the password for. For example:
passwd john
- When prompted, enter and confirm the password for the new user account. Make sure to choose a strong password that is difficult for others to guess.
- Finally, you’ll need to add the new user to the
wheel
group, which gives them the necessary privileges to perform administrative tasks. To do this, run theusermod
command and specify the-aG
option, followed by the name of the group you want to add the user to. For example:
usermod -aG wheel john
That’s it! You’ve successfully created a new wheel user in AlmaLinux 8. To log in to the new account, simply type the username and password you set in step 3 at the login prompt. You can then use the sudo
command to perform administrative tasks as needed.