How to Change the Default sudo Password Timeout on Linux

When you run the sudo command in Linux, it remembers the password for 15 minutes by default, determined by the timestamp_timeout variable in the /etc/sudoers file. So during this time, you can run any other sudo command without providing the password. It prompts for a password again after 15 minutes of sudo inactivity.



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