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mathbike

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[SOLVED ] Sudo timeout suddenly stopped working

A week ago I changed the sudo timeout to be 60 minutes.  It worked for a few days, but then somehow just stopped working.  It doesn't even last the original 5 minutes.  I have to enter the password for every sudo command now, which is very annoying.  I don't know how to diagnose this and I can't find any other accounts of the same problem.  Any help would be really appreciated.

This is what I added to the /etc/sudoers file:

## Read drop-in files from /etc/sudoers.d
@includedir /etc/sudoers.d

## sudo timeout
Defaults:user timestamp_timeout=60

I also tried this just to see but it's the same:

## sudo timeout
Defaults timestamp_timeout=60

Thanks.

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edit -Solved it myself, I was just tricked into thinking there was a problem but I actually just didn't understand what was happening.  I'm posting the solution because I can't delete the thread.

From the arch wiki "If you are annoyed by sudo's defaults that require you to enter your password every time you open a new terminal, set timestamp_type to global"

[SOLUTION]

## Read drop-in files from /etc/sudoers.d
@includedir /etc/sudoers.d

## sudo timeout
Defaults:user timestamp_timeout=60
## don't require password for each new terminal
Defaults:user timestamp_type=global

Last edited by mathbike (2023-03-03 17:00:04)