FIXED: User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported

[@eric2923]

For the "Shift" issue, I am using VirtualBox and shift was not capturing automatically. Fix: power of vm, click "start", wait till "show" pops up and click it, then hold "shift" down. Shift won't get captured until after you click on the "Show" button. Hope this helps someone else noobin it up like I was.

[@ummeafifa3735]

it helped! Thanks a ton dear!

[@zackbell3520]

Thank you! You are amazing!

[@chocmoose18]

Thank you so much! I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. : )

[@sebastianlopezmaciel8552]

u saved me dude ,thx

[@jawadazaki]

you're a life saver

[@ahmadfaraz9279]

When shift is not working, follow the instruction below: 1. Open terminal. 2. Type "su root" in the terminal and press enter 3. You will be asked to enter the password. Type the password and press enter. You will be moved to root. 4.Type "usermod -aG sudo ". Add your username, and enter. Nothing will happend. You will move to next line without any error. 5. Reboot/Restart the os. 6. try to do whatever you were doing earlier

[@Timhardscope]

You are a goddamn legend. Never had an easier solution. Thank you!!!

[@girishchandra2236]

thanks a ton .it worked

[@perciful1936]

I didn't have to restart/reboot but this worked Thank You So Much

[@danny3636]

I got this error after usermod: group 'sudo' does not exist

[@carolstelistu]

@@danny3636same

[@duppy9012]

Holding shift doesnt open bios for me

[@albertwesker828]

press F12 when virtualbox boots the machine (you have to be very quck to click in and press the key)

[@RukmoddinPatel-bs2lq]

Or hold just second when u are starting the machine

[@mipfusion2630]

It does I just figured out don't use full screen

[@mipfusion2630]

It does I just figured out don't use full screen

[@412hack8]

@@albertwesker828 f12 is just opening a bootable device list

[@edgyanddontcare]

why my shift not work ??

[@CoffeeSandwich_]

Why my thing go up

[@guymerritt4860]

Man - I'm 71 and tired.....you just helped me a lot. The big question: I've used VirtualBox before and it's never done this - what the hell caused this? Your fix did the trick, anyway.

[@denj4s]

you are very brave to touch software like this one with 71

[@02govindjadhav.47]

Thank you! This video helped. I had a unique problem. I tried running a command with sudo, but i wasn't in the sudoers file. On top of that, i didn't set password for root. So, now i'm not able to add myself to sudoers because i cannot become root. Gaining access to the root shell using advanced options for ubuntu helped.

[@alduraji]

group sudo does not exist?? goodness i really broke it this time

[@skverskk]

Holding down shift key doesn;t work for me either. Ubuntu 22.04 and Virtual Box 7,0 running on a win 10 computer. :(

[@aRoUnDTEc0rNeR]

Shift was not working for me either. ESC seems to work instead.

[@aduabbasi192]

​@@aRoUnDTEc0rNeRthanks

[@yjaeger3605]

how do u exit the Give root password for maintenance? When I enter that part it keeps asking me to give a password and doesn't give me the cance to input the command. I'm talking abut minute 1:30

[@gaurangshahblr]

How did you proceed? Stuck at the same place

[@hirdeshsidhu]

Same bro

[@xodlxo]

Type changeme it shd work

[@MichaelReichman-p7h]

Log in as root. Then do: usermod -aG wheel but replace with the name of the user you want to have sudo access The -a flag tells usermod to append the user to the group (without removing them from other groups). The -G wheel specifies the "wheel" group. Verify that is part of wheel group: groups Log in as and test sudo access using: sudo ls

[@Orax1]

Thank you so much I sat for hours searching the internet for a solution!!! It is the middle of the night and i can finally go to sleep now. THANK YOU !!!

[@jjab123]

Holding down the shift key also does not work for me.What could be the issue? Please respond

[@kaylensu3833]

someone said the hold F12 and it worked for me

[@MrHenriqueon]

You must press 'shift' when in Ubuntu window

[@maverick19702000]

Awesome dude... I am new to Ubuntu and ran into this exact problem. You fixed me up. Thank you!!

[@Vaishu-us8jk]

For shift problem just restart the vm and then quickly press right side shift key

[@elmekkaoui78]

hi, i am using vsphere how can i access the advanced options??

[@KaloyanKostadinov]

holding shift key does nothing

[@mikedude2724]

try hiting the right shift key

[@quinta_do_sol-Sol-Organico-Lar]

sorry to say but hold every key include @ shift keys but the ubuntu always load normally

[@diggitycrypto7717]

Make it full window mode, before. Had the same issue.

[@ثناءالحيدري]

is doing this will delete my files in the desktop?

[@ثناءالحيدري]

respond plzzz

[@UpdulLatiph]

hello pls am not to do it cos my shift key is not responding to it

[@muddasirsabir6948]

It is amazing it's works in my system and I recovered my root access thank U bro ❤

[@bluemags5068]

thanks, (Btw for some computers is not the Escape key not Tab)

[@princeenenta9841]

tnx a lot.. been fighting this for weeks. now it works i really appreciate

[@p1g3on30_7]

Worked perfectly for debian 12

[@bomran25]

Lenovo Laptops Presss F2 Will working.

[@AnmolKumar-hl8ym]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏, I tried lot from so many videos but finally landed here and got fix that 🎉 Thank you, Sir

[@ivan_chib5753]

After entering the password, without displaying the root@ubuntu command, it asks you to enter the password again.

[@gaurangshahblr]

Do you know how to proceed from here?

[@Volt420-pv8lo]

Thank you soo much i watched many videos this is the only one that worked thank you

[@LEVI-hv8dw]

Thanks dude .........even my trainer didn't knew this😂

[@frequencyofabundance]

Muchas gracias, vi tantos videos en español y ninguno me dio solución

[@PRANESHR-nx3bf]

thank u so much you are really awesome dude🤠 .keep uploading !!!

[@almnjoy20]

Thank you! This was extremely helpful

[@anothyuer]

this was incredibly helpful! thanks a ton

[@ahmedamjad8114]

Arigato guzaimus

[@fernandocabral369]

Thank you so much, it's run in my PC.

[@weiwei3058]

very helpful! Thanks a lot

[@MustafaPoonawala-jj8sk]

Thank you soo much. This worked 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@celsoandre1069]

salou demais. muito obrigado!!

[@RukmoddinPatel-bs2lq]

Worked thanku👍🏻

[@Nagbabagang]

Thank you very much!

[@isaacoluseye-paul8472]

God bless you bro

[@MrHenriqueon]

Muito Obrigado!

[@fernandomarquesdesouza3576]

Thanks, it's work 🤝

[@MrNyten]

Thanks alot its work❤

[@zackbell3520]

Thank you!

[@BeratYumak-p2f]

Thanks, worked.

[@salmaabo-zaid3604]

Thank you

[@celloprof]

This one worked... hmm

[@AhMeDGaMaL-wm8zp]

It works. May thanks

[@datkirby9354]

thanks man 👍

[@IsraelKabembamulolo]

Thanks you

[@mohammadrasoolnasrat2651]

Thanks

[@prasadonride]

100 % work this trick

[@MarionMundara]

Thank you so much. It worked for me

[@Arad-xk6lo]

thanks

[@hariprasadenamala]

Thank you so much sir. It worked