samba - May 2024 - Samba DC and alternate sudo login

I feel like this should be super easy, and that I must be doing something dumb,
but I need to create another sudo user for the VM's the DC's are running
on.

I've created a "domain admin" equivalent user in AD - and perhaps
this account can be used.
I also attempted to create a local user and add them to the local sudo group,
but that didn't seem to work.
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But I don't *need* an AD account. I can simply create a local user on each
DC for sudo use, but I'll need a way that works.
(When I attempt to create the local user, it prompts for the password, and then
an NT password. And when I try to SSH/login to that local account, it fails.)
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What's the most straight-forward approach to this?
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Other details:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
MJT packages: 4.16.11 (Yeah, I know there are newer packages, but haven't
moved to 4.18/19/20 yet. It's on the list tho.)
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TIA
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-Greg
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On Mon, 13 May 2024 17:10:20 -0700
Gregory Sloop via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> I feel like this should be super easy, and that I must be doing
> something dumb, but I need to create another sudo user for the VM's
> the DC's are running on.
> 
> I've created a "domain admin" equivalent user in AD - and
perhaps
> this account can be used. I also attempted to create a local user and
> add them to the local sudo group, but that didn't seem to work. 
> But I don't *need* an AD account. I can simply create a local user on
> each DC for sudo use, but I'll need a way that works. (When I attempt
> to create the local user, it prompts for the password, and then an NT
> password. And when I try to SSH/login to that local account, it
> fails.) 
It shouldn't ask you for an NT password, how are you creating the
'local' user ?

Rowland