cross-platform virus

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:20:10 +1000
Alexander Jacob Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday 12 April 2006 00:44, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > john wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 12:40:37AM +1000, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> > >> most of the time they have never even heard of sudo) and they
> > >> just leave
> > >
> > > Perhaps su could print a message like:
> > >   If you do not know the root password, or the root account is
> > > disabled (It is disabled by default on Ubuntu), you can still do
> > > system administration with sudo. For example,
> > >
> > >      sudo command-that-needs-root-access
> > >
> > >   This will only require your own password, unless you do not
> > > have sudo privileges.
> >
> > I understood that opening a terminal actually tells you something
> > like that, already, until you actually use sudo.  Last week,
> > somebody on one of the Ubuntu lists was complaining about that
> > behaviour :-) --
> > derek
> I use Dapper, and I have never seen this message, although that could
> be because I chagned something (not sure what). Anybody who uses
> Dapper on thsi list seen it?
> 
> Sasha
> 
I haven't seen it on my Dapper, probably because it is upgraded from
previous Ubu. versions.  A recent fresh installation of Dapper on a
friend's machine, though, showed it the first time a terminal was
opened.

Cybe R. Wizard
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