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Subhadip Roy
Asked: 2015-10-23 10:01:55 +0800 CST

Increase duration of Sudo [duplicate]

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I want to extend the duration of sudo in Ubuntu 14.04. It is irritating to provide password repeatedly. How can I do it?

14.04

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  1. Best Answer

    Ubuntu default sudo session is 15 minute (may change with different version) but you can change it . Run and open

    sudo visudo

    and change line :

    Defaults    env_reset

    to 

    Defaults   env_reset,timestamp_timeout=20

    It will not ask for 20 minute. if you do 0 then it will ask every time and if -1 then it will never prompt for password for sudo session.

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