Why am I unable to run sudo commands on my EC2 Linux instance

Question

Hello All,
After downloading Maven Zip and unzip i tried to make PATH Variable environment for Maven by adding it in /etc/profile
I have given the below commands:-
Vi  /etc/profile 
export Path=$Path:/opt/apache-maven-3.9.2/bin
:wq
exit
After i tried to enter into root user by giving sudo su- command but i was not able to run that command its giving error -bash: sudo: command not found.

Please suggest.

Thanks,

Accepted Answer

Hi,

Sometime it doesn't find path to sudo ie. **/usr/bin/sudo**. Try running **"/usr/bin/sudo su -"**, if it doesn't work and you don't find sudo file at /usr/bin/, then please install sudo as below:

**apt install sudo**

Then, add your user to the sudo group using:

**usermod -aG sudo your_username**

You should be able to use sudo now.

**If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.**

PS: One thing, which I noticed is, there was no space between "su" and "-" in your question, I believe, that's just typo.

Why am I unable to run sudo commands on my EC2 Linux instance

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