[sudo-users] Defaults authenticate "feature"?

[Todd C. Miller]

In message <41CA1625.1020706 at qut.edu.au>
	so spake Paul Stepowski (p.stepowski):

> So when you disable user passwords, you're also disabling the
> output of the sudo banner. This surprised me, I would have
> thought the two would be independent. So IMHO, it violates
> the principle of least surprise. It's not a big deal but I'm
> curious if this was done deliberately.

This is intentional, the lecture is effectively part of the password
prompt so if there is no password prompt you don't get lectured.

 - todd