You may have noticed the warning message while using sudo for the first time on Linux. The warning message is something like this:
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:#1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility.</pre>
I think it's fancy to keep the waring message not only for the first time but for all the time, and surely I like it. You may also want to keep it if you have multiple users on your computer or server. Or even being a single fancy user like mine. ;)
Okay, I will show you how to keep the message forever on your Terminal while executing any sudo command.
Let's start. Create a file named local.conf inside /etc/sudoers.d/ of your Linux machine. You can use the command bellow to do that:
sudo touch /etc/sudoers.d/local.confNow open this file (/etc/sudoers.d/local.conf) with your preferred text editor in root mode. I use nano.sudo nano /etc/sudoers.d/local.confAppend this line into the file.Defaults lecture = alwaysSave the file. Close your Terminals and reopen it. Now try to do something with sudo.I will post how to edit the warning message next. Till then let us know via comment what do you think about this type of fancy things!
Update 10-12-12: Wrote the follow up post: How to personalize the fancy warning message of sudo.
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