Password question.

[Steven Vollom]

Paul Rumelhart wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
>   
>> Your system has a file:
>> /etc/sudoers
>>
>> If you add this line to it, then you can change how long you stay
>> signed into sudo. The default is 5 min. I am sure you have seen how
>> sudo only asks for a password after you have stopped using it for a
>> bit. I think this is the right command to make that 300 min (5 hours)
>> but please wait to make sure someone else agrees with me!
>>
>> Defaults timestamp_timeout=300
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >From sudoers man page:
>> 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 user's 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.
>>   
>>     
>
>
> I tried the above, and it worked fine.  A comment in the sudoers file 
> suggested I use the visudo command, which I did.  I entered the defaults 
> command just the way you had it typed.  Apparently the visudo command 
> also does a syntax check on the file as an added bonus.
>
> I just tried to run sudo after waiting ten minutes, and it still let me 
> run it without authenticating.  Presumably, in five hours I'll have to 
> type another one.  I'll probably change this to be a smaller value later.
>
> Paul
>
>
>   
Wasn't you that said setting default to less that 0 and the user's 
timestamp would never expire?  If that is the case, I am sometimes on 
air for 20 hours or more.  So if I can get the time unlimited but still 
needed to enter a fresh boot, I want that.  Is that possible?  TIA

Steven