Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision 1e32c3d3d802f59d7657c561484b9d4cf1ba07aa)
+++ general.ent	(revision a1e0f766f2dd31afd4d1c9cd767537832bb3dfed)
@@ -163,5 +163,5 @@
 <!ENTITY ssh-askpass-version          "&openssh-version;">
 <!ENTITY stunnel-version              "4.56">
-<!ENTITY sudo-version                 "1.8.9p1">
+<!ENTITY sudo-version                 "1.8.9p3">
 <!ENTITY tripwire-version             "2.4.2.2">
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 1e32c3d3d802f59d7657c561484b9d4cf1ba07aa)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision a1e0f766f2dd31afd4d1c9cd767537832bb3dfed)
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to sudo-1.8.9p3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4559">#4559</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[igor] - Update to xf86-input-synaptics-1.7.3. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4557">#4557</ulink>.</para>
Index: postlfs/security/sudo.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/security/sudo.xml	(revision 1e32c3d3d802f59d7657c561484b9d4cf1ba07aa)
+++ postlfs/security/sudo.xml	(revision a1e0f766f2dd31afd4d1c9cd767537832bb3dfed)
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 
   <!ENTITY sudo-download-http "http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/dist/sudo-&sudo-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-download-ftp  " ">
+<!--
   <!ENTITY sudo-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.twaren.net/Unix/Security/Sudo/sudo-&sudo-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-md5sum        "03773c373082843211c96df2c9187146">
+-->
+  <!ENTITY sudo-md5sum        "b105447a1d23b8b6f533f17c2a8d8550">
   <!ENTITY sudo-size          "2.1 MB">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-buildsize     "27 MB">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-time          "0.3 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-buildsize     "24 MB (additional 1 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-time          "0.4 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -99,17 +102,19 @@
     <para>
       Install <application>Sudo</application> by running
-      the following commands:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
-            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/sudo         \
-            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/sudo-&sudo-version; \
-            --with-timedir=/var/lib/sudo       \
-            --with-all-insults                 \
-            --with-env-editor                  &amp;&amp;
+      the following commands (change the value of the optional switch
+      <literal>--with-passprompt</literal> to fit your preference):
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                               \
+            --libexecdir=/usr/lib                       \
+            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/sudo-&sudo-version;        \
+            --with-timedir=/var/lib/sudo                \
+            --with-all-insults                          \
+            --with-env-editor                           \
+            --with-passprompt="[sudo] password for %p: "&amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      This package does not come with a test suite.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>env LC_ALL=C make check</command>.
     </para>
 
@@ -243,9 +248,8 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          sudo, sudoedit, sudoreplay, and visudo
+          sudo, sudoedit (symlink), sudoreplay, and visudo
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          group_file.so, sudoers.so, system_group.so, and
-          sudo_noexec.so
+          group_file.so, sudoers.so, sudo_noexec.so, and system_group.so
         </seg>
         <seg>
@@ -280,5 +284,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            is a hard link to <command>sudo</command> that implies the
+            is a symlink to <command>sudo</command> that implies the
             <option>-e</option> option to invoke an editor as another user.
           </para>
