How to remove user from being sudoer user in linux
- Find out user group identity
$ #Syntax: id -nG {user-name} $ id -nG foo
$ #OUTPUT: admin foo printer audioby default admin and sudo groups are allowed to use sudo command as shown in /etc/sudoers file
- Now to remove a user from group, you have to user usermod command
$ #Syntax: usermod -G {groupname1,groupname2,...} {username} $ #For example, to keep membership of foo in printer and foo groups only $ #(and remove him from admin and audio groups) run this: $ usermod -G foo, printer foo $ id -nG foo $ #OUTPUT: foo printer
- finally restart sudo service
$ service sudo restart