Bug 66 – Add target user %-expansion for password prompt

Bug 66 - Add target user %-expansion for password prompt


Summary:	Add target user %-expansion for password prompt

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.0
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	normal enhancement
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2002-01-19 15:10 MST by msg2-spam
Modified:	2002-12-14 15:40 MST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description msg2-spam 2002-01-19 15:10:56 MST

It would be nice & useful to have an %-expansion for the password prompt that
expands to the user whose password is being prompted for (i.e. the target user).
 That would allow default prompts like "Password for FOO:", which is rather more
informative than just plain "Password:", especially when using sudo to run a
program/script that will prompt for other passwords.  It can get confusing when
you have consecutive "Password:" prompts and aren't sure which is which.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2002-12-14 11:40:48 MST

The next version of sudo will have a %U escape in the prompt that does this.