By default sudo remembers your password for 15 minutes. If you want to change that you can do so by

sudo visudo

This opens an editor and points it to the sudoers file -- Ubuntu defaults to nano, other systems use Vi. You're now a super user editing one of the most important files on your system. No stress!

(Vi specific instructions noted with (vi!). Ignore these if you're using nano)

You might want to read the sudoers and vi manual pages for additional information.

man sudoers

man vi

RootSudoTimeout (last edited 2010-05-17 12:27:59 by Lynne)