sudo hints

[Paul Sladen]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> > I'm trying to find out if we can get "su" to talk about sudo if the user
> > doesn't have a root password yet...

Background:
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2006-February/003930.html

Patch at:
  http://www.paul.sladen.org/ubuntu/upload/shadow-4.0.13-7ubuntu2-sudo-hint.diff

Examples:
  $ su -c 'echo hello'
  See:  man sudo_su   Use: sudo echo hello
  $ su
  See:  man sudo_su   Use: sudo <command>
  $ su otheruser
  Password:
  $ su hal
  See:  man sudo_su   Use: sudo -u hal <command>

Control:
  $ grep SUDO_HINT /etc/login.defs
  SUDO_HINT_ENABLE yes
  SUDO_HINT_MESSAGE "See:  man sudo_su   Use: "
  SUDO_HINT_GROUP_CHECK yes
  SUDO_HINT_GROUP "admin"

Comments?

	-Paul
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