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When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? (2019)

On all Unix-like operating systems, sudo is often provided as the standard package for executing commands as superuser (or an alternative user). When sudo is invoked by the user for the first time,...

The author of the commit is Todd C. Miller, the maintainer of CU sudo(now plain sudo, still maintained by Todd), but the source code predates the commit; and while the source mentions Jeff Nieusma, the messages predate his involvement too and their author is presumably either Bob Coggeshall or Evi Nemeth (see also “ A Brief History of Sudo ”). sudo was published in the UNIX System Administration Handbook, written by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Scott Seebass; the version published in the first edition doesn’t include a warning in the program itself, but the authors mention that users who were granted sudo access were sent a (lengthy) email reminding them of the responsibilities associated with that privilege. Add Stan Lee / Uncle Ben quote to the lecture from RedHat

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