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Authored by: Tulse on Nov 01, '04 02:15:43PM
Jasmine, the message you see is the standard one that you see when invoking sudo. Because sudo temporarily gives you extra privileges, it will just remind you that you can potentially do harm if you use it improperly. To actually run the command you want, you will need to enter in the password -- the command will then run, and give you the feedback that let's you know if your machine is compromised.

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