At 6:57 PM -0800 12/10/07, Konstantin Svist wrote: >Where is the timeout setting for remembering the root password for >various system-controlling applets? > >For instance, if you open system-config-network, it asks you for a >password the first time - but then it remembers it for a few minutes. >Within that time you can close & reopen the network config applet, and >most other admin applets, as well. I'd like to make my computer timeout >immediately, if possible. > >Also, is there a way to manually override the timeout (force it to time >out on command)? E.g. if I need to quickly change a setting and then let >someone else work on the computer. > > >BTW, I'm using KDE - but I suspect that these applets were written for >gnome. I think it's pam_timestamp in /etc/pam.d/config-util. `man pam_timestamp`. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
