[Post-Install] sudo prompt

[trvatrva]

Can you explain to me what i did wrong. I type:

sudo -p welcome

but bash output:

expected one of these actions: --help, --version, --remove-timestamp, --validate, --list, --edit, --
login, --shell, a command as a positional argument, --reset-timestamp
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo [-ABbknS] [-p prompt] [-D directory] [-g group] [-u user] [-i | -s] [command [arg ...]]
usage: sudo -v [-ABknS] [-p prompt] [-g group] [-u user]
usage: sudo -l [-ABknS] [-p prompt] [-U user] [-g group] [-u user] [command [arg ...]]
usage: sudo -e [-ABknS] [-p prompt] [-D directory] [-g group] [-u user] file ...

How can I see my prompt?

[Snowhog]

AI generated answer.


You did not actually do anything wrong with the -p welcome part of your command, but sudo requires you to give it a command to run (or a specific action flag) whenever you use it.

Because you only typed sudo -p welcome, sudo did not know what program you wanted it to execute with administrative privileges, so it printed the usage help message instead.

To see your custom prompt in action, you need to append a command to the end of your line, or use the validate flag (-v) to just refresh your credentials.


How to See Your Prompt

Here are two quick ways to test it:

• Run a simple command: Append a basic command like ls to the end.
  
  sudo -p "welcome: " ls

• Validate credentials only: Use the -v flag if you want to test the prompt without running a specific command.
  
  sudo -p "welcome: " -v

[trvatrva]

Thanks for your help, Snowhog.