Friday, December 18, 2009

How to make a terminal remember sudo password for ever

When you type sudo command for the first time in a terminal it will ask you the sudo password. This password will be remembered by that terminal for 15 minutes by default.
If you want that terminal to remember your password for ever during its life time follow these steps.
1. Type at terminal
sudo visudo
2. Edit as shown below
   Change
    Defaults env_reset
   to
    Defaults env_reset,timestamp_timeout=-1 

To make terminal ask for password every time you type sudo command:
Change
  Defaults env_reset
 to
  Defaults env_reset,timestamp_timeout=0 
Source: blog.dipinkrishna.info