[Bug 802315] [NEW] "Not in sudoers file" error message is misleading

[Conscious User]

Public bug reported:

I recently bumped into a bug that removed me from the admin group, and
noticed that due to sudo giving me the error "user not in sudoers file".
That made me realize that the error message is slightly misleading, in
which it induces the user to adding his name to /etc/sudoers instead of
the more correct (at least in Ubuntu) procedure of adding his name to
the admin group and leaving /etc/sudoers untouched.

The message should be changed to something that advises that the user
should be in the admin group, and the admin group on its turn should be
in /etc/sudoers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jun 26 21:41:58 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity

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Title:
  "Not in sudoers file" error message is misleading

Status in “sudo” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I recently bumped into a bug that removed me from the admin group, and
  noticed that due to sudo giving me the error "user not in sudoers
  file". That made me realize that the error message is slightly
  misleading, in which it induces the user to adding his name to
  /etc/sudoers instead of the more correct (at least in Ubuntu)
  procedure of adding his name to the admin group and leaving
  /etc/sudoers untouched.

  The message should be changed to something that advises that the user
  should be in the admin group, and the admin group on its turn should
  be in /etc/sudoers.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jun 26 21:41:58 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
   LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: sudo
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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