Comments on: sudo insults

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:48:16 +0000

Amy – it’s usually the first line in a default file. If you don’t see it, add to the top:

Defaults insults

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:12:03 +0000

I’m having a wee bit of trouble…after sudo visudo, I don’t know how to find the Defaults line, or what keys to push

By: snoopdogg

snoopdogg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:08:09 +0000

if you want this to work on a mac you need to have sudo compiled with insults.
on macports that means installing the insults variant of sudo, as in:
$ sudo port install sudo +insults

By: L’ours à la campagne » Se faire insulter par sudo

L’ours à la campagne » Se faire insulter par sudo — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:19:40 +0000

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By: Jad

Jad — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:45:01 +0000

haha this is cool!

By: Neil Greenwood

Neil Greenwood — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:19:10 +0000

Don’t edit the file! Use the commands that nixternal mentioned instead.

By: nixternal

nixternal — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:41:30 +0000

visudo or sudoedit

Definitely a fun time with sudo, seeing that I constantly type my password incorrectly

By: bibe

bibe — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:35:26 +0000

Very funny, thanks for the tip!
I would suggest to use visudo, that checks /etc/sudoers syntax before actually overwriting a working one.

By: eduo

eduo — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:10:15 +0000

Thanks so much, bani.

Now our security logs are going through the roof while the department laughs purposedly mistyping our passwords.

I hope you’re proud