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3. sudo setup:

Chose either Option A or Option B.

Option A: Set up passwordless sudo.

Abstract task overview: Setup passwordless sudo for your Linux user account name.
Detailed task overview: Setup sudo and add your current linux user account to the linux user group sudo. The following instructions use Linux user account name user as an example. If the user is using a different Linux user account name such as myname then the commands below have to be adjusted accordingly.
Unspecific: Configuration of sudo is unspecific to Whonix ™.
Whonix ™ specific: When building inside Whonix ™, user user is already a member of group sudo by default. Therefore the following step "1." can be skipped.
Detailed steps:

1. Setup sudoers. Add the operating system user name to sudoers.

Become root.

su

Add the user account to the sudoer's group. Replace user with the actual operating system user name.

sudo adduser user sudo

Reboot so group changes take effect.

reboot

2. Configure user user to be able to use sudo without a password.

echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' | sudo EDITOR=tee visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/dist-build-sudo-passwordless >/dev/null

Option B: Set a longer sudo password timeout.

Abstract task overview: Setup sudo with a longer timeout for your Linux user account name.
Detailed task overview: Setup sudo and increase the sudo password timeout (four all Linux user accounts or all users). The following instructions use Linux user account name user as an example. If the user is using a different Linux user account name such as myname then the commands below have to be adjusted accordingly.
Unspecific: Configuration of sudo is unspecific to Whonix ™.
Whonix ™ specific: When building inside Whonix ™, user user is already a member of group sudo by default. Therefore the following step "1." can be skipped.
Detailed steps: