Solved... I just added some rights and I'm good on this one.

Useradd <user>

usermod --groups admin,disk,cdrom,audio <user>

I had to take out cdrom, but it seemed to work just fine.
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Let's say I own a website. Would it be unethical / illegal to gain access to your own server/site hosted by a company or independent?

The web / server is mine, but in the grand scheme it still...

I just need a regular user account when I don't want to play around as root. I'm also very accustomed to "sudo" at this point as well, so having a regular account would almost fit better.

useradd...