Getting "You are not allowed to run sudo" error when trying to use sudo

[gr33nmonk3y]

I just enabled sudo finally in Windows 11 (version 24H2), and can not get it to work with a non-administrator local account. Im under the impression that I should be able to log into the machine with a normal user account, and from a normal terminal window use sudo to run administratively privileged commands and get prompted for the local administrator account credentials. Am I doing something wrong here?

[AvogatoWizardWhisker]

Did you enable from terminal or in Windows' Settings app?

Edit: If you want to enable sudo from Windows Terminal, you need to run it as administrator, then run sudo config --enable <configuration_option>. For the configuration option, you can choose forceNewWindow, disableInput or normal.
Or, just open Settings app on Windows 11 Settings > For Developers, then chose what configuration you want.

[zadjii-msft]

Sudo for Windows doesn't currently support over-the-shoulder elevation (where the admin user is a different user than the current user). I'd suspect that we'll address that when we add support for #3

[gr33nmonk3y]

This sounds like my issue - ill test today to confirm, but thanks for the explanation.