While they're at it, why not update the SSH warning banner with a list of what we do and don't log on this system. As a courtesy to their adversary.
This sudo message has been the same since the dawn of time. There is literally no reason to correct it. This is the one place you don't want to be pedantic, leaking security configuration via stderr.
Nowadays it's even worse than it once was, because now the natural instinct of people is to think that the incident was reported to canonical or ibm. The opposite of how they are supposed to feel about when using free software.
I'd change it to "This attempted was logged" or something like that when that is true. Just so the user is aware that the data they are typing there may be seen by someone else. But by default, in their own systems, that message should never appear, unless they specifically configured it that way.
and it's only been the same since people started to switch to sudo in the late 90s; su never printed such a warning
It has to take the prize for worst UX ever.
sometimes people also complain about xscreensaver's lock screen because it doesn't use a widget library, but the alternative lock screens can often be crashed through bugs in the widget libraries they use
the flaming screen is just the xscreensaver logo (it's supposed to save your screen from burnin, originally)
i hadn't ever heard of anyone thinking it was malware, that's pretty funny
jwz is a more brilliant troll than i gave him credit for
Good. If you're not familiar with what sudo does, then you shouldn't be using it in the first place.