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Create a user

For enterprise users, when deploying seekdb, it is recommended to use a regular user. However, the user must have sudo privileges and be the owner of database-related directories. This topic describes how to create a regular user and set sudo privileges for the regular user.

  1. Run the following commands to create the user group admin and create the user admin.

    useradd -U admin -d /home/admin -s /bin/bash
    chown -R admin:admin /home/admin
  2. Run the following command to set a password for the admin account.

    passwd admin
  3. Set sudo privileges for the admin account.

    Run the following command to open the /etc/sudoers file:

    vim /etc/sudoers

    Add the following content at the end of the /etc/sudoers file:

    ## Same thing without a password
    # %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
    admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL