sudo fortune?

mrbug · 2007-08-20 00:04:18

At some point recently, my shell has begun insulting me if I type my password wrong while using sudo. I'm assuming that sudo now works with fortune-oneliners, but I'm not sure.

Is this a normal thing for sudo now? It seems to have happened with the last sudo upgrade. It used to say something like "Sorry, try again." Now it says stuff like this:

~$ sudo /etc/rc.d/httpd start
Password:
You type like i drive.
Password:
Are you on drugs?

Very weird, I must say, since it came out of nowhere.

Cerebral · 2007-08-20 00:12:51

I just looked through the CVS history; this seems to be new behaviour in 1.6.9p1 - it's built into sudo and enabled with --enable-all-insults in the ./configure line.

Interesting...

Jessehk · 2007-08-20 00:22:09

Password:
You speak an infinite deal of nothing
Password:
My pet ferret can type better than you!

Isn't it great?

mrbug · 2007-08-20 00:36:24

It caught me by surprise!

I'm not sure if I'll keep it enabled or rebuild it, though... It makes my brain have to process more than it should!

Honestly, though.. I keep expecting to see "Sorry, try again," and get caught by surprise every time. Maybe this will help me learn how to type my password without messing up a few times each time =-)

Allan · 2007-08-20 01:06:57

I can remember seeing a bug report asking for the insults to be enabled but it still came as a surprize when I first saw them

tom5760 · 2007-08-20 12:54:45

If you add the following line in your sudoers file:

Defaults !insults

That will disable the insults. I don't really know why they had to be enabled by default, I probably would have preferred to make them optional.

harlekin · 2007-08-20 12:59:50

I think it's a great feature. It doesn't really matter what's standing there as you expect your program to run or you expect an error message.
But this way, the error message is hilarious. (:

Maybe it's worth considering if it shall be made optional. But I think it's good that it was mandatory for some time as I didn't know sudo has such a feature. I'd enable it if it becomes optional.

Last edited by harlekin (2007-08-20 13:01:06)

mrbug · 2007-08-21 00:19:00

I wonder if fortunes can be injected into any other programs... I do know that Linux Mint gives you a fortune whenever you start a terminal [session].

(Yeah, I know that this isn't just "sudo || fortune" ...)

tom5760 · 2007-08-21 13:49:34

If you wanted fortunes for each terminal session, you could add 'echo `fortune`' to the end of your .bashrc.

bones · 2007-08-22 12:10:08

Just noticed this myself. The only problem is now is I delibrately type my password wrong to see what pops up.

shining · 2007-08-22 13:08:17

bones wrote:

Just noticed this myself. The only problem is now is I delibrately type my password wrong to see what pops up.

ahah, nice

I think I'll disable NOPASSWD just for that.

mezoko · 2007-08-23 10:51:56

ditto ^^

codemac · 2007-08-23 14:51:02

Hm... maybe we should turn this off by default... I don't like it when my computer talks back.

STiAT · 2007-08-23 15:21:21

Heh, i had a great laugh with this insults today .
It's not as boring as the other common version

Password:
Are you on d_rugs?
Password:
Your mind just hasn't been the same since the electro-shock, has it?
Password:
I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

Last edited by STiAT (2007-08-23 15:21:55)

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