regular user to admin user in linux?

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i've got a regular user i want to turn into admin group so he can have same privileges as a root. should i just change the GID in /etc/passwd and /etc/group or should i use usermod/groupmod?

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You do not want to make this user EXACTLY the same as root. Don't change uid and gid. You have a few options: Use sudo. sudo lets a user execute a command or start a shell as root, without needing the root password. However, the admin of the compute…

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