Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (905 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>]

* Rajko M. <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx> [06-01-08 18:28]:
> I used the one in openSUSE 10.3 and it has default sudoers:
> 1) ask root password for admin tasks, 
> 2) (so far I recall) timeout is set on 10 minutes. I guess default is 
> compiled 
> in, as in sudoers there is no word about timeout.
>  
> The timeout of 10' is good if one wants to run few commands at once, but for 
> me it is a hassle. 

from 'man sudo':

 Once a user has been authenticated, a timestamp is updated and the
 user may then use sudo without a password for a short period of time (5
 minutes unless overridden in sudoers).

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