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Old 05-01-2009
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Try this code:

Code:
sudo -p "Please enter you admin password: " whoami 1>/dev/null && {sudo whoami;sudo whoami;whoami;sudo -k}
Let sudo do the work instead of doubling the effort. Note if the user fails to type their correct admin password or is not an admin user nothing else will run. Each command run as root must be preference with sudo. sudo -k will remove the timestamp so no other sudo commands will run without authentication.