# Hardening

**URL:** https://community.learnlinux.tv/c/security/hardening/44.md

[Latest](https://community.learnlinux.tv/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.learnlinux.tv/categories.md)

---

## [About the Hardening category](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/about-the-hardening-category/2410)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jay](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/jay)\
**Replies:** 0

</div>

---

## [Edit /etc/sudoers or sudo adduser username sudo](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/edit-etc-sudoers-or-sudo-adduser-username-sudo/3319)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Williamj48](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Williamj48)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/edit-etc-sudoers-or-sudo-adduser-username-sudo/3319 "2023-11-23T22:35:32Z")

</div>

Should you edit the /etc/sudoers file or should you add a user to the sudo group? I cannot intuitively figure out what the differences are and I am curious what other prefer? Is it a method of implementing redundancy to …