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Re: change password prompt

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On 09/19/2016 10:25 AM, Reco wrote:
> 	Hi.
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:59:03AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
>> I had, on a prior machine, changed the password prompt for sudo by adding
>> something (it was "ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" in fact) to the sudoers file,
>> but at the moment I can not recall what/how I did it, but I'd like to do it
>> again.
>> Anyone?
>
> sudoers(5) says that you should change 'passprompt_override' setting.
>
> Reco
>
I'm trying, but failing to find an example of how to use that, like the 
precise syntax to use.
The man page doesn't give any example, so it's not clear how to use it.

Thanks,
Tony


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change password prompt Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-19 16:00 +0200
  Re: change password prompt Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 16:30 +0200
    Re: change password prompt Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-19 17:10 +0200
      Re: change password prompt Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 17:30 +0200
        Re: change password prompt Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-19 17:40 +0200
        Re: change password prompt Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> - 2016-09-20 00:10 +0200
          Re: change password prompt Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-09-20 01:10 +0200
        Re: change password prompt Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> - 2016-09-20 12:10 +0200
        Re: change password prompt Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 21:00 +0200

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