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[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

https://askubuntu.com/q/641049

TL;DR: it's supposed to send email to an administrator, but by default on some distros (including Ubuntu), it isn't actually sent anywhere.

[–] mat@linux.community 16 points 2 days ago

omg I totally accidentally enabled this

I'd bother removing it but it's kinda funny to get an email reprimanding me when I ctrl+c out of a sudo command I mistyped, and maybe it will serve as a warning if it gets compromised :p

[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

I thought it's just a joke because I only had it on local PCs. Imagine my reaction when I actually got an email by an admin when using sudo on a network...