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- phatvolvo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Haven't you learned? Mentioning Ubuntu in the title gets you to the front page!
- jacobmp92, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Oooor... let any sudo-based disto insult you. This isn't Ubuntu-specific.
- kasper22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12How cool, now even my computer makes fun of me for mistyping.
- Disease, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Since the site is slow
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I recently found a fun feature available within the sudo program that will insult you when you do the wrong thing such as enter your password incorrectly. I’ll tell you how you can activate the feature for a few laughs and also give a few examples of what insults you might get.
To turn the feature on you’ll need to use the following command:
sudo visudo
(always use visudo when you need to edit your sudoers file as it has a self-check system that won’t let you screw it up.)
Find the line that begins with Default and append insults to the end. (Any addition to that line is comma separated.) Your entry will then look like this:
Defaults !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn,insults
Save the file and you’ll notice the next time you screw up your sudo password you’ll get an insult.
Note: to clear your sudo session and be required to enter the password again try:
sudo -K
A few examples below:
Maybe if you used more than just two fingers…
I have been called worse.
Listen, burrito brains, I don’t have time to listen to this trash.
Good luck! - Phocion55, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Yet....you never bitch when you digg "How To Hit The Backspace Button On Ubuntu".......
- arduenn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Listen, guys. For once and for all:
America != US
England != UK
Holland != The Netherlands
Ubuntu != GNU/Linux - schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Can't wait to see to see how Ubuntu Satanic Edition handles it.
user@PC:~> sudo killall ie6
Password:
Die, user, die!
Password:
Die, user, die!
Password:
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
user@PC:~> - Vorian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3schweet!
poc::inca::dito::love - titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Will Sudo also insult you when you distort title says it all?
- Disease, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Why dis Ubuntu? Just because I don't have to recompile the kernel from scratch every time I boot up?
- Daisama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2At least it doesn't say "title says all"
- LoveWidescreen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Buried as inaccurate. This is a function of sudo, not Ubuntu. Take a look at the configuration file or read the various docs about sudo. It lets you choose from several, different types of responses. This has nothing to do with Ubuntu. This could happen on Solaris, AIX, or any type of *NIX.
- primetime485, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://ubuntu-tutorials.com.nyud.net:8080/2007/02/18/let-sudo-insult-you-when-you-screw-up/
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Gentoo users will have to reemerge sudo with the USE flag 'offensive'.
Toss this line into etc/portage/package.use:
app-admin/sudo offensive - Firehed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What I really want to know is if I can make it ask "Got root?" rather than "Password:", in accordance with several pieces of my ThinkGeek apparel...
And whether this can also be applied to OS X, seeing as there's some sort of *nix-ey thing under the hood. - democracysucks, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5And just what is a "real" distro?
- Disease, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was beat to it and duggmirror doesn't even work
- sarkera, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow. My OpenBSD system was doing this back in 2002, and sudo was most likely doing it far before then.
- capiCrimm, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4America == US
England == UK
Holland == The Netherlands
Ubuntu != GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux != Linux - txherper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://tuxicity.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/fun-sudo-insults-on-ubuntu/ shows how to set it up and it hasn't been dugg yet, or just man sudoers
- nocturn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11. It's a SUDO feature, not Ubuntu
2. It's not even the default, so YOU have to turn it on manually...
It's a feature, but Ubuntu does not insult anyone by default.
Nocturn
Ubuntuforums.org moderator - Fredx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2blah, site down.... * looks around for a mirror*
- Tu13erhead, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4What? Make it yourself.
- grungyhamster, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1bury
- RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -19/+6sudo apt-get -y a-real-distro
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