Xubuntu question

[flibberdipper]

So I installed Xubuntu 12.04 on my mom's netbook, since her Windows 7 install went to crap. I was curious on how to change how long it takes for the password to time out. Those of you who use Ubuntu know what I'm talking about, like when you install a program.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

What, are you talking about giving applications root access?

[flibberdipper]

What, are you talking about giving applications root access?

No, I was talking about how long it took for the password to time out, like when you install an application or do a sudo command in the terminal.

[MikeD]

'$ sudo visudo' (or '$ sudo EDITOR=/bin/nano visudo' if you don't like vim)

Add a line like

'Defaults timestamp_timeout=<minutes>'

 

If you are talking about how long the passwd prompt waits for then it's

'Defaults passwd_timeout=<minutes>'

 

From 'man sudoers':

passwd_timeout    Number of minutes before the sudo password prompt times                       out, or 0 for no timeout.  The timeout may include a                       fractional component if minute granularity is insuffi‐                       cient, for example 2.5.  The default is 0.timestamp_timeout                       Number of minutes that can elapse before sudo will ask                       for a passwd again.  The timeout may include a frac‐                       tional component if minute granularity is insufficient,                       for example 2.5.  The default is 15.  Set this to 0 to                       always prompt for a password.  If set to a value less                       than 0 the user's time stamp will never expire.  This                       can be used to allow users to create or delete their                       own time stamps via “sudo -v” and “sudo -k” respec‐                       tively.

[MikeD]

Added bonus:

insults           If set, sudo will insult users when they enter an                       incorrect password.  This flag is off by default.