Public bug reported:
I was invoking bash as follows:
$ env -i bash
This caused this message to be printed:
$ env -i bash
> To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
> See "man sudo_root" for details.
While I think I understand the rationale for the message, I found it
more confusing than helpful in this situation. I thought I had done
something wrong, or that there was some error with the new shell I was
starting.
The message is, I believe, caused by the following snippet in
/etc/bash.bashrc (note that the "env -i" part above causes $HOME to not
be set)
# sudo hint
if [ ! -e "$HOME/.sudo_as_admin_successful" ] && [ ! -e "$HOME/.hushlogin" ] ;
then
case " $(groups) " in *\ admin\ *)
if [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ]; then
cat <<-EOF
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
EOF
fi
esac
fi
It would perhaps be better if the if-statement also checked that $HOME
is set (to refer to an existing directory?) before checking if
$HOME/.sudo_as_admin_successful and $HOME/.hushlogin exist.
** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Invoking "env -i bash" unnecessarily results in confusing message
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