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Comment 2 for bug 667509

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Re: [Bug 667509] Re: su's "authentication failure" error should help users discover sudo

No, quite a few people still intentionally use su and we shouldn't be
erecting more and more irritating barriers in their way even if they
have workarounds. Changing the error message sounds like a better idea.