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# Add User to Sudoers

`Add user to sudo group via usermod`

`$ su root`

`$ usermod -aG wheel username`

Add user to sudo group via visudo

`$ su root`

`$ visudo`

and then insert following after the `%wheel line.`

`username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL`

do not forget to change the `username` to the user of yours.

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