How to get sudo to prompt you for a password each time in linux
Open Terminal and type:
Press CTRL + X to finish editing, Y to save changes, and ENTER to exit.
sudo visudo
Then scroll down to the line that reads:Defaults env_reset
And change it to:Defaults env_reset,timestamp_timeout=0
You can change 0
to any values (time in minutes). Setting it to 0
will ask for your password every time and -1
will make it never ask. The default is 15
according to man sudo 8
, but some manuals say the default is 5
. Have a look at the RootSudoTimeout wiki for more information.Press CTRL + X to finish editing, Y to save changes, and ENTER to exit.
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