Sorry, user "user" is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/apt-get update' as root on

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I just solved this by reading Debian sudo page with two steps:
1) add the user to be sudo to the sudo group.
2) log out and log back in to gain that group's permissions.

Debian page said use: # adduser xsma sudo, while I had used # vigr and # vigr -s.

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Updated on September 16, 2022

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  • Xsmael
    Xsmael almost 2 years

    I've installed Debian 7 and just executed sudo apt-get update and got this error:

    Sorry, user xsma is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/apt-get update' as root on ACS.ACS
    

    my user is "xsma" and "ACS" is the name of the computer.

  • user
    user over 5 years
    This page askubuntu.com/questions/168280/… says sudo usermod -a -G sudo username