How To Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu

Step 1: Add the Username

austin@wazuh:~$ sudo adduser ansible
Adding user `ansible' ...
Adding new group `ansible' (1002) ...
Adding new user `ansible' (1002) with group `ansible' ...
Creating home directory `/home/ansible' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
No password supplied
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for ansible
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
	Full Name []: 
	Room Number []: 
	Work Phone []: 
	Home Phone []: 
	Other []: 
Is the information correct? [Y/n] 

Step 2: Grant Root Privileges to the User

austin@wazuh:~$ sudo visudo
austin@wazuh:~$ su - ansible
Password: 

Place user under root

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
ansible ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

ansible@wazuh:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ansible: 
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