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and subject line Re: Bug#1128377: sudo: "Defaults insults" not working
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regarding sudo: "Defaults insults" not working
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Package: sudo
Version: 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u3+custom11
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
* What led up to the situation?
Using sudo with wrong passwords
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Editing debian/rules, adding `--with-insults`
* What was the outcome of this action?
I get verbally abused when I mistype my password
* What outcome did you expect instead?
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.13
APT prefers oldstable-security
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-43-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages sudo depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2+deb12u1
ii libaudit1 1:3.0.9-1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u13
ii libpam-modules 1.5.2-6+deb12u2
ii libpam0g 1.5.2-6+deb12u2
ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1
sudo recommends no packages.
sudo suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sudoers [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/sudoers'
/etc/sudoers.d/README [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/sudoers.d/README'
-- no debconf information
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 01:59:33PM +1300, andrej wrote:
* What led up to the situation?
Using sudo with wrong passwords
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Editing debian/rules, adding `--with-insults`
* What was the outcome of this action?
I get verbally abused when I mistype my password
* What outcome did you expect instead?
This is not a bug in Debian's packaging. We have this turned off for a
reason.
Greetings
Marc
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