How to suppress lecture message when sudo is executed for the first time

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Issue

  • How do I suppress lecture message when sudo is executed for the first time?

    $ sudo ls
    
    We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
    Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
    
      #1) Respect the privacy of others.
      #2) Think before you type.
      #3) With great power comes great responsibility.
    
    [sudo] password for testuser: 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • sudo

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