Shell confusion

[psmith]

Dave Bolt IT Solutions wrote:
>> You should not run GUI apps under a root shell.  Do:
>> sudo gedit
>> or better yet:
>> sudoedit /etc/the_config.ext
>> Matt Flaschen
> Only,
> dave is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
> So, I found the sudoers file, but not at all clear about exaclty what 
> I need to put in there.
> Once again, I have to learn one thing in order to do another.
> Any help here?
> Thanks
> Dave
>
you need to uncomment the
#%wheel    ALL=(ALL)    ALL
to
%wheel    ALL=(ALL)    ALL
in the sudoers file, then add your user account to the wheel group using 
system-config-users

phil