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Edit /etc/sudoers in your editor of choice:
[root@machine ~]# <editor> /etc/sudoers
Uncomment the line:
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
Then add your user to the wheel group:
[root@machine ~]# usermod -G wheel <username>
Now the user specified by <username> will be able to use the sudo command.