On Sun May 04 2003 at 18:55:52 -0400, Gan Uesli Starling wrote:
> Two questions:
> 
> 1. How do I configure sudoers for longer than 5 minutes?
> 
> 2. Does sudo do ANYTHING besides time out on root privileges?
> 
> Running 'make update' can take forever. I can't just sit here
> all day and wait for a password prompt. It is a bloody
> nuisance.

This is what I usually have on machines where I "don't care":
pooka   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

If you simply wish to extend the password timeout delay, reading
sudoers(5) suggests timestamp_timeout is something you should use.

  - antti

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Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>                     Of course he runs NetBSD
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