On Wednesday 31 Dec 2003 2:44 pm, Nicholas Evans wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello > > ~ I'm wondering how do I go about disabling the 5 minute period > after an sudo where you don't need to give your password again. I read > somewhere there was a line I could edit in the sudoers file, but I > couldn't find this line. I've tried google, but all I'm getting are > guides on how to use sudo. Any pointers? > > Thanks! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/8uDNHBMJeYrn+U8RAh7oAJ9awaBvJ/gHOTVYpEkI6XAOHoOPCwCfa2RC > O09Fo4QT171VF0V6NVv0RsI= > =qyoa > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I suggest you just run a "man sudoers" to get the details about the sudo config file. The parameter you should look at is "timestamp_timeout" Man pages may be old-hat in these internet-savvy days, but they are still very useful and should not be discounted as a source of good, accurate information. viz: timestamp_timeout Number of minutes that can elapse before sudo will ask for a passwd again. The default is 5. Set this to 0 to always prompt for a password. If set to a value less than 0 the userâs timestamp will never expire. This can be used to allow users to create or delete their own timestamps via sudo -v and sudo -k respectively. Hope this helps, but please be careful, or you may open your system to all sorts of possible attacks, either accidental or deliberate. -- Alan D
