If you see the error “username not in the sudoers” in Debian 13, it means that your user account doesn’t have the permissions to run the sudo command. This problem is most common in fresh Debian installations or VPS environments. It can also occur on systems that have sudo misconfigured or removed. You must first
You’re not the only one who sees “sudo command not found” when using Debian 13. This problem is most common on new installations, minimal server configurations, or when users accidentally remove sudo. Debian doesn’t enable sudo for new users or the root user by default, so the system might not have it. Once you know
Controlling user permissions by using the sudoers file is quite an efficient way to limit the execution of commands with superuser privileges. For instance, in Debian 12, system administrators are expected to add users to the sudoers file in order to provide superuser privilege access to some specific users. For that reason, this article will
The “sudo” command is a strong tool in the Linux system that permits the user to run/execute a command as the superuser as well as another user. It stands for “super user do” as well as “substitute user do” or and it is an essential command for system administration. Understanding and effectively using the “sudo”