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[–] mech@feddit.org 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Fun fact: sudo has an insults option you can activate in the sudoers file.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder if sudo-rs breaks compatibility on insults as well...

[–] mech@feddit.org 19 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like insults aren't and won't be in sudo-rs.
https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/issues/823

But someone wrote a PAM module that insults you no matter where you mistype your user password:
https://github.com/cgoesche/pam-insults

[–] notptr 5 points 3 weeks ago

You think using rust would fix sudo-rs? /sarcasm

[–] MistressRemilia 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's enabled by default in Slackware, heh

[–] mech@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Back in my day, you'd get beat up by Bob Dobbs for using sudo.

[–] MistressRemilia 3 points 3 weeks ago

You mean he wouldn't let you slack off?! 😯