is possible that sudo always asks the password?

Lantius · 05-08-2007, 06:03 PM

Hello !!!

I have a problem. Sudo asks for password sometimes. If you are using sudo in the first time after turn on the computer, It will ask you for the password and then If you use it again, probably It will not ask you the password. It is a problem to me.

are there any way to get that sudo always asks for the password?

well that is all !

thanks for your time !

greetings

vtel57 · 05-08-2007, 06:22 PM

How are your sudoers privileges set?

Code:

 $ visudo /etc/sudoers

It should look something like this:

Quote:

# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

Defaults env_reset

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
<username> ALL=(ALL) ALL
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~

Lantius · 05-09-2007, 01:40 PM

I think what you have writted about it it is not useful for me.

If I use that code sudo will never ask for the password, I need that sudo always asks for the password. ALWAYS. Does not matter if you have sent the password 300 times before I need It asks for the password again and always.

Well, I hope you understood me.

Greetings !

lazlow · 05-09-2007, 04:20 PM

If you have the root password you can just use su - (su space dash). It will always ask you for the password.

vtel57 · 05-09-2007, 04:30 PM

Lantius,

The /etc/sudoers file determines how sudo works on your system. That's why I asked you to post yours here... so we can determine how you have it set up. Maybe we can assist you with your problem if we knew how you have sudo set up on your system.

AdaHacker · 05-09-2007, 04:31 PM

From the sudoers man page:

Code:

       timestamp_timeout
                   Number of minutes that can elapse before sudo will ask for
                   a passwd again.  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 timestamp will never expire.  This can be used
                   to allow users to create or delete their own timestamps via
                   sudo -v and sudo -k respectively.